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In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Mars (Latin: Mārs, pronounced) [4] is the god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome. [5] He is the son of Jupiter and Juno , and was pre-eminent among the Roman army's military gods .
As with most major gods and goddesses in Roman mythology, the literary concept of Venus is mantled in whole-cloth borrowings from the literary Greek mythology of her counterpart, Aphrodite, but with significant exceptions. In some Latin mythology, Cupid was the son of Venus and Mars, the god of war.
In The Complaint of Mars, the Sun, referred to as Phebus, shines his light of Venus and Mars, exposing their affair, allowing all the gods to see them together. After Venus runs away, the two engage in battle. However, in the original Roman myth, Phebus does not expose Venus and Mars' adulterous affair.
Mars–Venus; Apollo–Diana; Vulcan–Vesta; Mercury–Ceres; Divine male-female complements such as these, as well as the anthropomorphic influence of Greek mythology, contributed to a tendency in Latin literature to represent the gods as "married" couples or (as in the case of Venus and Mars) lovers. [citation needed] Di Consentes on an altar
Mars, Mercurius, Iovis, Neptunus, Vulcanus, Apollo Livy [ 4 ] arranges them in six male-female pairs: Jupiter-Juno, Neptune-Minerva, Mars-Venus, Apollo-Diana, Vulcan-Vesta and Mercury-Ceres. Three of the Dii Consentes formed the Capitoline Triad : Jupiter, Juno and Minerva.
Roman mythology is the body of myths of ancient Rome as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans, ... Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune.
[3] [4] This event was portrayed numerous times in Roman art. [5] Her story is told in the first book of Ab Urbe Condita Libri of Livy [6] and in Cassius Dio's Roman History. [7] The Legend of Rhea Silvia recounts how she was raped by Mars while she was a Vestal Virgin, resulting in the twins, [4] as mentioned in the Aeneid [8] and the works of ...
Fragmentary base for an altar of Venus and Mars, showing cupids handling the weapons and chariot of the war god, from the reign of Trajan (98–117 AD) The ancient Roman Cupid was a god who embodied desire, but he had no temples or religious practices independent of other Roman deities such as Venus, whom he often accompanies as a side figure ...