Venus (Latin: [ˈwɛnʊs]) is a Roman goddess principally associated with love, beauty, sex, fertility, prosperity and military victory. She played a key role in many Roman religious festivals. From the third century BC, the increasing Hellenization of Roman upper classes identified her as the equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite which in turn is the copy and the equivalent of the Phoenician goddess Astarte. Roman mythology made her the divine ...
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Religion(s) That Worship This Deity:
Representations In Fiction:
Artwork on the Subject:
- The Birth of Venus ,
- Venus of Urbino ,
- The Rokeby Venus ,
- Sleeping Venus ,
- The Birth of Venus ,
- The Birth of Venus ,
- Venus Anadyomene ,
- Venus and Mars ,
- Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time ,
- Venus and Cupid with a Satyr
Also known as:
- Aphrodite
