Was Venus married to Zeus?

Question

I know Cupid with her son but was Zeus the father?

Answer 1

Zeus was shagging everyone, married to none of them.

There are differing stories about his parentage. Cicero provides three different lineages: son of Mercury (Hermes) and Diana (Artemis), son of Mercury and Venus (Aphrodite), and son of Mars (Ares in Greek mythology) and Venus. Plato mentions two of these, and Hesiod's Theogony, the most ancient Greek theoography, says that Cupid was created coevally with Chaos and the earth.

Throughout ancient mythological writing, there appear to be either two Cupids or two sides to the figure of Cupid. One is the son of Jupiter (Zeus) and Venus. He is a lively youth who delights in pranks and spreading love. The other is a son of Nyx and Erebus, known for riotous debauchery.

Answer 2

Well first off, Venus was the Roman Goddess of Love, Zeus was the Greek God of rulership, thunder and the sky. So you seem to have your pantheons confused but the Romans did take most of their Gods/Goddesses from the Greek. Zeus was married to Hera, Goddess of marriage. The Roman equal of Zeus was Jupiter and Hera's equal to the Romans was Juno.

As far as Cupid is concerned there is some disagreement as to his lineage: There are differing stories about his parentage. Cicero provides three different lineages: son of Mercury (Hermes) and Diana (Artemis), son of Mercury and Venus (Aphrodite), and son of Mars (Ares in Greek mythology) and Venus. Plato mentions two of these, and Hesiod's Theogony, the most ancient Greek theoography, says that Cupid was created coevally with Chaos and the earth.

Throughout ancient mythological writing, there appear to be either two Cupids or two sides to the figure of Cupid. One is the son of Jupiter (Zeus) and Venus (Aphrodite). He is a lively youth who delights in pranks and spreading love. The other is a son of Nyx and Erebus, known for riotous debauchery.

Answer 3

Zeus was married to Hera. Cupid was Roman and Zeus Greek.

Answer 4

Venus and Zeus belong to different pantheons.
Venus is Roman, Zeus Greek, and Cupid(o) is Roman again.

In Roman mythology Venus is the divine mother of the Romans who traced teir descent to Aeneas the Trojan prince who escaped to Latium. Aeneas was the son of Venus by a mortal.

In Roman mythology Cupido (I desire/lust for) is a kind of sprite or
minor deity, but later on they got mixed up with the Greek god Eros, who in some myths was the creator of the world, in others the son of Aphrodite. There was a dispute about which god was his father, most say it was Ares, the god of war.

The Roman Venus was married to no god, while the Greek Aphrodite was supposed to have been married to the crippled Hephaistos, the god of smithcraft.

If you are interested in an off-the-beat view of these things I'd recommend you read Robert Grave's "The White Godess" and "Greek Mythology"

Answer 5

You are mixing Greek and Roman mythology. Zeus was married to Hera. Zeus was the father of many, both mortal and immortals. (He wasn't very faithful and in that era, not expected to be). A good source is Greek and Roman Mythology by Malcolm Couch. It also has beautiful illustrations. Keep asking, mythology is fascinating.

Answer 6

There are differing stories about his parentage. Cicero provides three different lineages: son of Mercury (Hermes) and Diana (Artemis), son of Mercury and Venus (Aphrodite), and son of Mars (Ares in Greek mythology) and Venus. Throughout ancient mythological writing, there appear to be either two Cupids or two sides to the figure of Cupid. One is the son of Jupiter (Zeus) and Venus.

Answer 7

No, Zeus was married to Hera.
In addition Venus is roman mythology and Zeus is Greek. Venus's Greek counterpart is Aphrodite. She was born from the sea from Uranus's severed gentials.

Answer 8

aphrodite/venus was the daughter of Zeus and the goddess of love and desire so if Zeus was the father of Cupid, he would have also been the grandfather. there are different stories about parentage but in some, he is referred to as the son of Zeus. He is also known as "Eros" (a latin name for love)

but it wouldn't surprise me if Zeus was the father AND grandfather of eros.... he was also the father of hermes the messenger, the heavenly twins castor and pollux, dionysus god of wine, artemis and apollo the archers, athena goddess of wisdom and the arts, hephaestus god of fire, and heracles (hercules) among others. Zeus slept around...


Aphrodite wasn't married to Zeus though. Some stories suggest that Hera (goddess of marriage) was his wife but others say he was unhitched and she was merely a close consort.

Answer 9

No. The idea of [marriage], commonly understood today, is a Christian concept. In ancient times, many people enjoyed more open relationships. This example is seen in Zeus' behavior.

Answer 10

ok, first it's aphrodite and zeus or venus and jupiter - you're mixing greek and roman names. venus/aphrodite was the daughter of jupiter/zeus and hera (i don't know her greek name). cupid's father is mars/ares who is also the son of zeus & hera.