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The ancient gods of Rome and Greece were much different than any others in the world. They had many mortal flaws, such as anger and jealousy, but above all else, love. It caused them as much sadness and happiness as the objects of their love, which were, for the most part, mortal humans. They had affairs with quite a few, and flirted with even more in their quest it. The problem was that almost all the gods and goddesses were already married, so their spouses would become exceedingly vengeful whenever an infidelity occurred. Yet this did not bother some of them. Greek and Roman gods and goddesses were promiscuous. The goddess of love, Aphrodite, is the first god to come to mind when promiscuity is mentioned. Known as Venus in Rome, she was married to her brother Hephaestus, or Vulcan as he was sometimes known. It is thought that they had an unhappy marriage arranged by their father Zeus, as well as no children (Guerber 39), which led Aphrodite to be unfaithful toward him. As stated in Classical Greece by C.M. Bowra, the one she chose to sleep with most often was another one of her brothers, Ares (180). Bowra also makes note that they had several children together, including Terror, Fear (180), Hermione,