The son of Venus?

Question

I am wondering who was the son of the roman goddess Venus because i had always thought that Cupid was the son of goddess Venus and there was also a story mention that goddess Venus had her mirror fall onto the mortal world and she tell her son Cupid to take back the mirror but later found out that the mirror breaks into field of flowers. There was also a painting of Goddess Venus and Cupid too. Then when i browse through yahoo answer and it said that the hero Aeneas was the son of goddess Venus. So which one is true?

Answer 1

cupid, also known as Eros is indeed Venus's(aphrodite) son. however, he is not her son with her husband, hepheastus (vulcan), but her lover Aries (mars) the god of war. it is never sais specifically in the Aeneid (the tale in whihc Aeneas appears) whom his mother is. though he does say "And from the King of Heav'n is my descent.
With twice ten sail I cross'd the Phrygian sea;
Fate and my mother goddess led my way. " it is implied that aphrodite is his mother, but you are right that cupid was her son. however none of the greek god/goddesses are known for their fatihfulness...just look at all of zeus's children!!

Answer 2

Son Of Venus

Answer 3

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The son of Venus?
I am wondering who was the son of the roman goddess Venus because i had always thought that Cupid was the son of goddess Venus and there was also a story mention that goddess Venus had her mirror fall onto the mortal world and she tell her son Cupid to take back the mirror but later found out that...

Answer 4

Both. Aeneas is the son of Venus by Anchises, a Trojan. Beautiful painting, too. Cupid is also the son of Venus, but by another father. Goddesses don't typically stay with one man, especially Venus, since she's married to Vulcan.

Answer 5

The roman goddess venus is the same as the greek goddess aphrodite. Cupid is also known as eros. Both are correct. Aphrodite as with the other gods and goddesses also mated with humans and had children that way. As for aeneas, I wouldnt know anything about his parentage.

Answer 6

Cupid IS the son of Venus... so was Aeneas, the son of Prince Anchises, and Hermaphrodite, the child of her and Hermes (Mercury).

Answer 7

The trap closed it's leaves by itself probably due to the change of temperature. Also as you said, if the leaves were touched in some way they will close. It can take the plant up to 12 days to recover and re-open. Just keep the plant out of direct sunlight,, and keep the dirt damp but not wet. It has gone into a dormat like state.

Answer 8

"Venus is said to have sprung from the foam of the sea, and to have made her way to Mount Olympus, the home of the gods, where, because of her wonderful beauty and grace, she was welcomed as the Goddess of Love and Beauty. All the gods fell in love with her, but she scorned them all, and Jupiter, to punish her for her pride, ordered her to marry Vulcan, the God of Fire, who was deformed and very rough in his manner. He had been thrown from the top of Mount Olympus by Jupiter in a fit of anger. Had he not been a god, he would, of course, have been killed by the fall, but he escaped with a broken leg which made him lame for the rest of his life. He now lived on the earth, and spent his time at the forge making many wonderful and useful things from the metals which he found buried in the mountains. He built gorgeous palaces of gold for the gods, which he decorated with precious stones, forged the terrible thunderbolts used by Jupiter, and also made the arrows used by Venus's son, Cupid. Vulcan was naturally worshiped by all blacksmiths and workers in metal, and a great festival called the Vulcanalia was held in his honour.

Cupid, whom we have just mentioned, was the God of Love; he never grew up, but remained a little chubby boy, with beautiful wings. He always carried a bow, and with his arrows pierced the hearts of young men and maidens in order to make them fall in love with one another.

Another son of Venus was Aeneas, the great hero who was supposed to have been the founder of the Roman race. He escaped from Troy, when at the end of ten years' siege it fell into the hands of the Greeks, and after many adventures reached a part of Italy, called Latium, where in later times his descendants, Romulus and Remus, founded the city of Rome."

Seems they're both Venus' sons...

Answer 9

In Roman mythology, Cupid (Latin cupido) is the god of erotic love. He is equated with the Greek god Eros, and another one of his Latin names Amor (cognate with Kama). In popular culture Cupid is frequently shown shooting his bow to inspire romantic love, often as an icon of Valentine's Day.

Answer 10

Aeneas
by James Hunter
Aeneas was the son of Anchises and Venus. He was a cousin of King Priam of Troy, and was the leader of Troy's Dardanian allies during the Trojan War. After the fall of Troy, he led a band of Trojan refugees to Italy and became the founder of Roman culture (although not of the city of Rome itself). He was the mythical progenitor of the Julian gens through his son Ascanius, or "Iulus," and Virgil made him the hero of his epic, the Aeneid.

Aeneas

In the Trojan War, Aeneas was one of the most respected of the Trojan heroes, perhaps second only to Hector. He engaged in abortive single combat with the Greek heroes Diomedes, Idomeneus, and Achilles; twice he was rescued through the intervention of gods. When Troy was sacked by the Greeks, Aeneas fought on until he was ordered by the gods to flee. He finally left the city, carrying his father and the household gods (see Penates) on his shoulders; his wife Creusa was lost in the confusion, but his son Ascanius escaped with him.

Aeneas and the Trojan remnant then wandered across the Mediterranean, hounded by the enmity of Juno. In one of the most famous episodes of the Aeneid, they were cast ashore near the north African city of Carthage, where they were hospitably received by Dido, the city's founder and queen. There ensued a love affair between Dido and Aeneas which threatened to distract Aeneas from his destiny in Italy. Mercury was sent to order Aeneas to depart and Aeneas, forced to choose between love and duty, reluctantly sailed away. Dido, mad with grief, committed suicide. When Aeneas later encountered her shade on a trip to the underworld, she turned away from him, still refusing to forgive his desertion of her.

In Italy, Aeneas allied himself with King Latinus, and was betrothed to Latinus' daughter, Lavinia. Lavinia's former suitor, Turnus, goaded by jealousy and the machinations of Juno, declared war against the intruder, and a period of bloody fighting (the Italian Wars) followed. Aeneas was victorious, eventually killing Turnus in single combat, and went on to found the city of Lavinium. At the end of his life, Aeneas was deified at the request of his mother, Venus, and became the god Indiges.

In the Aeneid, Aeneas' most common epithet is "pius," and Virgil presents him as the exemplar of the Roman virtues of devotion to duty and reverence for the gods.