User blog comment:Menara/The Mark of Athena Character Art Revealed!/@comment-25023461-20121205050547/@comment-3974711-20130104073736

Hadesboy, all gods can change their appearance, but Aphrodite is a special case. If Percy and Annabeth look at Ares, he's a biker, cos that's how he chooses to look like. Aphrodite chooses to look like beauty itself, and since we all have a different idea of what beauty is....