I'm sorry, anyone that says Demeter and Aphrodite don't have strong powers are obviously too fucking comfortable in their modern settings. Two of the most important things to human survival: Food and new generations to replace the old. Wow, guess who's in charge of those two things back then? Why yes, the ladies in charge of the weather and our sexual urges.

(I'm very fond of Aphrodite, and all the goddesses of the Greek Pantheon, so when people throw erroneous shit like that around I get fairly wanky, sorry about that *blush*).