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2007-02-26 13:34:29 · 4 answers · asked by i hav fangs 1 in Society & Culture Mythology & Folklore

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VENUS is a Roman name for APRHODITE - the Greek goddess of love and beauty. one of Zeus' daughters, mother of CUPID-the god of love, and once a lover of MARS and NARCISSUS. she was born by the sea foam. one day, a giant oyster shell emerged from the sea carrying VENUS inside it.

she was involved in the "judgment of Paris". there was ball being held by gods, during the party, came this certain goddess which is not invited. she threw the apple with a note saying "for the fairest". the three goddess (hera, venus & athena) hurried to catch the apple. until they ended up arguing on who is the fairest of them all. and so they threw the decision to PARIS. ATHENA promised to support him armies to win battles if he will pick her as the fairest. HERA & venus did also the same. but Paris picked Venus because she promised him to give the world's most beautiful woman which is HELEN.

Venus is also known for her insecurities about herself. there was a time when she heard a heresay about a mortal lady who is labelled as next to her beauty. that lady's name was PSYCHE. She then urged his son EROS (Roman name-CUPID) to use his arrow to strike the lady's heart and make her fall in love with the ugliest man. but it turned out that Eros himself was held captive of Psyche's beauty and fell in love.

Because he love his son, she grant Psyche to be half God in order to be with Eros. Psyche then was believed to be living in 2worlds spending her 6 months living with the gods and the rest with the humans.

2007-02-27 07:47:32 · answer #1 · answered by spye 2 · 0 0

The Roman goddess of love and beauty, but originally a vegetation goddess and patroness of gardens and vineyards. Later, under Greek influence, she was equated with Aphrodite and assumed many of her aspects. Her cult originated from Ardea and Lavinium in Latium. The oldest temple known of Venus dates back to 293 BCE, and was inaugurated on August 18. Later, on this date the Vinalia Rustica was observed. A second festival, that of the Veneralia, was celebrated on April 1 in honor of Venus Verticordia, who later became the protector against vice. Her temple was built in 114 BCE. After the Roman defeat near Lake Trasum in 215 BCE, a temple was built on the Capitol for Venus Erycina. This temple was officially opened on April 23, and a festival, the Vinalia Priora, was instituted to celebrate the occasion.

Venus is the daughter of Jupiter, and some of her lovers include Mars and Vulcan, modeled on the affairs of Aphrodite. Venus' importance rose, and that of her cult, through the influence of several Roman political leaders. The dictator Sulla made her his patroness, and both Julius Caesar and the emperor Augustus named her the ancestor of their (Julian) family: the 'gens Julia' was Aeneas, son of Venus and the mortal Anchises. Ceasar introduced the cult of Venus Genetrix, the goddess of motherhood and marriage, and built a temple for her in 46 BCE. She was also honored in the temple of Mars Ultor. The last great temple of Venus was built by the emperor Hadrianus near the Colusseum in 135 CE.

Roman statues and portraits of Venus are usually identical to the Greek representations of Aphrodite

2007-02-26 22:04:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Her sister Serena is a better tennis player.

2007-02-26 21:41:39 · answer #3 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 0 0

I can certainly give u myths about ur anus lol lol lol, i know ur laughing now , lol lol lol, lol, lol ooooooooh lol.

2007-02-26 21:37:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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