Pisces Aphrodite serves as one of Athena's Gold Saints, famed for his extraordinary beauty marked by light blue eyes, long blond or light blue hair depending on the medium, and a distinctive beauty mark under his left eye. His striking appearance frequently caused initial confusion regarding his gender, especially in non-manga adaptations where his design and certain voice acting choices amplified this ambiguity. Despite his looks, he never boasted of superior beauty, contrasting sharply with more vain characters like Silver Saint Lizard Misty. Trained in Greenland and hailing from Sweden, Aphrodite earned the Pisces Gold Cloth by the age of nine, ranking him among the youngest Gold Saints. Thirteen years before the main events, he witnessed Athena's reincarnation and joined the pursuit of Sagittarius Aiolos, confronting the fugitive alongside Cancer Deathmask and Capricorn Shura. During this encounter, Aphrodite attacked Aiolos without listening to explanations, contributing to the situation where Shura destroyed the bridge beneath them, leading to Aiolos's apparent death. Aphrodite adhered strictly to a philosophy where "power is justice," believing the strong—embodied by the Pope and the Gold Saints—should rule over the weak. This ruthless worldview made him formidable in combat; Pope Saga considered him the most feared of Athena's 88 Saints due to his sadistic nature and skill. Spin-offs like *Episode G* reinforced this reputation, depicting Titan soldiers paralyzed by his combined beauty and terror. In that story, he saved Leo Aiolia from Titans, using deadly roses to seal a labyrinth and prevent invasions into Sanctuary. His primary weapons were roses infused with cosmic energy: - **Royal Demon Rose**: Poisonous red roses that gradually stripped victims of their five senses. - **Piranhan Rose**: Black roses with the power to pulverize objects, even reinforced Bronze Cloths. - **Bloody Rose**: White roses that unerringly sought an opponent's heart, draining their blood upon impact; this technique proved fatal unless intercepted. During the Sanctuary arc, Aphrodite faced Andromeda Shun, revealing he had killed Shun's master, Cepheus Daidalos, on Andromeda Island. Though he initially overwhelmed Shun with his roses, Shun unleashed a hidden cosmic power, Nebula Storm, killing Aphrodite—though not before a Bloody Rose struck Shun's heart, placing him in a near-fatal state. Anime adaptations altered this role, attributing Daidalos's death to Scorpio Milo. In *The Hades Chapter – Sanctuary*, Aphrodite and Deathmask were resurrected as Specters under Hades's control, appearing to ally with the renegade Pope Aries Shion to assassinate Athena. They confronted Aries Mu at the first temple but were swiftly defeated and banished by Mu's Starlight Extinction. This apparent weakness was later exposed as deception: they were part of Shion's plan to infiltrate Hades's forces, deliberately holding back their true power to avoid harming allies. Returning to Hades's castle, they feigned cowardice before Wyvern Rhadamanthys to maintain their cover, enabling them to gather intelligence for Athena. Their loyalty was confirmed when their spirits joined the other Gold Saints in the afterlife to destroy the Wailing Wall, allowing access to Elysion. Post-mission, Aphrodite's spirit dissipated, leaving only his Gold Cloth. Non-canonical appearances expanded his story. In *Legend of Crimson Youth*, the god Abel resurrected him; he fought Shun and Phoenix Ikki before falling to his own Bloody Rose due to Ikki's illusions. In *Soul of Gold*, revived in Asgard, he investigated anomalies tied to the god Loki, infiltrating a hospital where townspeople were exploited to create Odin Sapphires. Using his roses to extract information, he relayed critical data about bypassing Yggdrasil's barriers to aid the other Gold Saints. Aphrodite's character arc culminated in his ultimate sacrifice for Athena, demonstrating that beneath his beauty and moral complexities lay unwavering dedication to his goddess.