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Venus (/ ˈ v iː n ə s /; Classical Latin: [ˈu̯ɛnʊs̠] Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈvɛ(ː)nus]) 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.
Proserpina (/ p r oʊ ˈ s ɜːr p ɪ n ə / proh-SUR-pih-nə; [1] Latin: [proːˈsɛrpɪna]) or Proserpine (/ ˈ p r ɒ s ər p aɪ n / PROSS-ər-pyne [1]) is an ancient Roman goddess whose iconography, functions and myths are virtually identical to those of Greek Persephone.
The English name of Venus was originally the ancient Roman name for it. Romans named Venus after their goddess of love, who in turn was based on the ancient Greek goddess of love Aphrodite, [271] who was herself based on the similar Sumerian religion goddess Inanna (which is Ishtar in Akkadian religion), all of whom were associated with the planet.
Mazarin Venus, a statuary type popular in the 2nd century AD that evokes the ritual of bathing. Venus Verticordia ("Changer of Hearts" [1] or "Heart-Turner" [2]) was an aspect of the Roman goddess Venus conceived as having the power to convert either virgins or sexually active women from dissolute desire (libido) [3] to sexual virtue (). [4]
Venus, wearing the sign of Libra on her midsection, and Taurus at her feet, at Cardiff Castle, Wales. Venus is the ruling planet of Libra ♎️ and Taurus ♉️ and is exalted in Pisces ♓️. In classical Roman mythology, Venus is the goddess of love and beauty, famous for the passions she could stir among the gods. Her cults may represent ...
The Birth of Venus (1486, Uffizi) is a classic representation of femininity painted by Sandro Botticelli. [6] [7] Venus was a Roman goddess principally associated with love, beauty and fertility. Despite the terms femininity and masculinity being in common usage, there is little scientific agreement about what femininity and masculinity are.
In Greek mythology, Hesperus (/ ˈ h ɛ s p ə r ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἕσπερος, romanized: Hésperos) is the Evening Star, the planet Venus in the evening. A son of the dawn goddess Eos (Roman Aurora), he is the half-brother of her other son, Phosphorus (also called Eosphorus; the "Morning Star").
The chair was a cleverly designed trap. It was Jupiter who finally saved the day: he promised that if Vulcan released Juno he would give him a wife, Venus the goddess of love and beauty. Vulcan agreed and married Venus. [57] Vulcan later built a smithy under Mount Etna on the island of Sicily. It was said that whenever Venus was unfaithful ...