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Aphrodite. Albanian equivalent. Prende [ 2] Venus ( / ˈviːnəs /) [ a] is a Roman goddess whose functions encompass love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory. In Roman mythology, she was the ancestor of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall of Troy and fled to Italy.
Aphrodite (/ ˌ æ f r ə ˈ d aɪ t iː / ⓘ, AF-rə-DY-tee) [3] is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, procreation, and as her syncretized Roman goddess counterpart Venus, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory.
The novel itself is written in a picaresque Roman style, yet Psyche retains her Greek name even though Eros and Aphrodite are called by their Latin names (Cupid and Venus). Also, Cupid is depicted as a young adult, rather than a fat winged child (putto amorino). [28] The story tells of the quest for love and trust between Eros and Psyche.
In classical mythology, Cupid / ˈkjuːpɪd / ( Latin: Cupīdō [kʊˈpiːdoː], meaning "passionate desire") is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the god of war Mars. He is also known as Amor / ˈæmər / (Latin: Amor, "love"). His Greek counterpart is Eros ...
The whole month of April, Latin Aprilis, was under the guardianship of Venus, [34] and Ovid and others took Aphrodite, the name of her Greek counterpart, as the origin of the word Aprilis. [35] The more common view among the Romans was that Aprilis derived from the verb aperire , "to open", according to Verrius Flaccus because it was the month ...
Erotes. In Ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Erotes ( / əˈroʊtiːz /; Ancient Greek: ἔρωτες, érōtes) are a collective of winged gods associated with love and sexual intercourse. They are part of Aphrodite 's retinue. Erotes is the plural of Eros ("Love, Desire"), who as a singular deity has a more complex mythology.
The Weasel and Aphrodite[ a] ( Ancient Greek: Γαλῆ καὶ Ἀφροδίτη, romanized : Galê kaì Aphrodítē ), also known as Venus and the Cat is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 50 in the Perry Index. A fable on the cynic theme of the constancy of one's nature, it serves as a cautionary tale against trusting those with evil temper ...
Venus, goddess of love, beauty, sexuality, and gardens; mother of the founding hero Aeneas; one of the Dii Consentes. Veritas, goddess and personification of the Roman virtue of veritas or truth. Verminus, god of cattle worms. Vertumnus, Vortumnus or Vertimnus, god of the seasons, and of gardens and fruit trees.