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Apollonius Rhodius relates that she gave to the infant Zeus a beautiful globe ( sphaira ) to play with, and on some Cretan coins Zeus is represented sitting upon a globe.

The ball, which Aphrodite promises to Eros, is described as if it were the Cosmos: " its zones are golden, and two circular joinscurve around each of them ; the seams are concealed, as a twisting dark blue pattern plays over them.

If you throw it up with your hands, it sends a flaming furrow through the sky like a star.