This
paper explains that, despite being the same
goddess, there are significant differences between the presentation of Aphrodite's existence, as well as the treatment of her image, in these two texts. It shows that the development of this goddess between these representations is a direct parallel to the way in which Greek culture in later antiquity shifted to value the intellectual over the instinctual. Among the variations of Homer's and Hesiod's interpretation of Aphrodite, which are the focus of the paper, are the origins of her birth, physical strength,
sexuality, and literary imagery.