VENUS Goddess of Love, Beauty, Fertility, Prosperity and Victory

Venus is the Roman goddess of love, beauty, fertility, prosperity and victory. She was a lot of women’s patron goddess. They prayed to her if they wanted to be more beautiful, have a healthy baby, be prosperous, or win something.

VENUS AND THE ROMAN PEOPLE The patron deity of Pompeii was a statue of Venus. She was fully clothed and was wearing a crown. The frescos and statues that have been found in Pompeian gardens have depicted Venus either scantily clad or in the nude. Pompeians seem to have referred to these nude images of Venus as Venus fiscia; this may be from the Greek word physike, which meant ‘related to nature’. Venus had lots of affairs with Roman mortals, too. These are some Roman coins depicting Venus.

Of august gold-wreathed and beautiful Aphrodite I shall sing to whose domain belong the battlements of all sea-loved Cyprus where, blown by the moist breath of Zephyros, she was carried over the waves of the resounding sea on soft foam. The gold-filleted Horae happily welcomed her and clothed her with heavenly raiment. THE BIRTH OF VENUS poem by Greek refugee: Demetrios Chalkokondyles. The Romans seriously needed to stop copying the Greeks..

VENUS VS. APHRODITE Venus Aphrodite Basically, Venus and Aphrodite were the same, the Romans just didn’t want to look like they were copying the Greeks. (But they actually were..)

I think Venus is a very interesting goddess. I love learning about history, and Roman religion is very cool. Venus gave the Roman women a voice, even if it wasn’t very strong. MY OPINION ON VENUS