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Cronos (the father of Zeus) cut off his father (Uranus)' genitals and threw them into the sea. There they impregnated the foam (Afros) and the sea gave birth to Aphrodite.

Aphrodite is a sea goddess for many reasons, and is regularly shown emerging from the waves (usually onto her holy island of Cyprus) by Renaissance painters (most famously by Botticelli).

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