Aphrodite is thought to have been influenced by Ishtar-like gods from the Middle East, and there are gender bending things associated with Aphrodite like her so

Aphrodite is thought to have been influenced by Ishtar-like gods from the Middle East, and there are gender bending things associated with Aphrodite like her son Hermaphroditus is where we get the term hermaphrodite from and there was male version of her in some areas called Aphroditus.