Esthetic Like many of the philosophical branches, aesthetics originated in Greece along with philosophy. In this evolution, among the legends of the various Greek gods are embodied the ugliness values and male and female beauty we find some of the most revealing myths of human feelings. For the personification of the feminine beauty it is indicated to Aphrodite , goddess of the love and the beauty, equivalent to the Roman Venus . In the Iliad of Homer appears as the daughter of Zeus and Dione, one of his consorts, but in later legends it is described sprouting from the foam of the sea and its name can be translated as 'born of foam'. In the Homeric legend, Aphrodite is the wife of Hephaestus , the ugly and lame god of fire. Among her lovers is Ares , god of war, who in later mythology appears as her husband. She was the rival of Persephone , queen of the underworld, with whom she fought for the love of the beautiful young Greek Adonis . W...