Aphrodite is the overarching antagonist in the 2007 novel and 2013 film of Gods Behaving Badly. She is responsible for Apollo's actions by making him fall in love with Alice as punishment for him not using his magic on her. This event causes a chain reaction that results in the near end of the world.
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Aphrodite is first seen having sex with Apollo in the bathroom before Artemis interrupts them. Aphrodite learns that Apollo used some of his magic to turn a bystander into a tree, but wouldn't use any on her, and so in a furious fit, she has her son Eros shoot Apollo with a love arrow, making him fall in love with Alice, one of the two main protagonists.
After Apollo begins obsessing over Alice, he invites her into his house, which angers Zeus, so he kills her. Depressed, Apollo seeks forgiveness from Neal, Alice's friend, and is confused when he doesn't forgive him. To prove he is really a god, Apollo blacks out the sun, but this overuse of magic causes him to pass out.
Since, if the sun does not rise again the world will freeze over, a scared Aphrodite packs her bags to flee to somewhere safe, sharing a quick exchange with her son before doing so.