There is Pollux, who was so heartbroken by his twin brother Castor’s death that he begged Zeus to allow him to share his immortality with his brother in the constellations of the sky. Aphrodite, the goddess of love herself, was forced into an arranged marriage and proceeded to have countless affairs, some of which are more well-known than her actual marriage.īut despite the overwhelming themes of infidelity and deceit in mythology, there is also Orpheus, who risked everything to venture down into the Underworld to rescue the love of his life, Eurydice, from death itself. Zeus, King of the Gods, constantly cheated on his wife, Hera, and produced famous progeny such as Hercules, Hermes, and Helen of Troy.
Not unless kidnapping and death have suddenly become romantic. By Aimée Carter ( author of The Goddess Test (Harlequin TEEN, available April 20, 2011)īefore Romeo and Juliet, before Tristan and Isolde, there was Hades and Persephone.