People/Characters Venus
Works (106)
- William Shakespeare: The Complete Works by William Shakespeare
- The Aeneid (translations) by Virgil
- Mythology by Edith Hamilton
- Perelandra by C. S. Lewis
- Hunted by P. C. Cast
- Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch
- The Golden Ass by Apuleius
- The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch
- The Tyrant's Tomb by Rick Riordan
- William Shakespeare: The Complete Sonnets and Poems by William Shakespeare
- The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found by Mary Beard
- The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe
- The Vesuvius Club by Mark Gatiss
- Sister Wendy's Story of Painting by Wendy Beckett
- Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe by John Boswell
- House of Meetings by Martin Amis
- An Encyclopedia of Tolkien: The History and Mythology That Inspired Tolkien's World by David Day
- Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: The Strife of Love in a Dream by Francesco Colonna
- Vergil's Aeneid, Books I-VI (translations only) by Virgil
- Cupid and Psyche by Apuleius
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| Description | Venus (/ˈviːnəs/; Classical Latin: [ˈwɛnʊs]) 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. Julius Caesar claimed her as his ancestor. Venus was central to many religious festivals, and was revered in Roman religion under numerous cult titles. The Romans adapted the myths and iconography of her Greek counterpart Aphrodite for Roman art and Latin literature. In the later classical tradition of the West, Venus became one of the most widely referenced deities of Greco-Roman mythology as the embodiment of love and sexuality. As such, she is usually depicted nude. Wikipedia |



























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