| |
| | The Goddess Venus, Goddess of Romance and Beauty (Aphrodite) (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Like the Greek goddess Aphrodite whose mythology she inherited, the Roman goddess Venus assumed the divine responsibility for love, beauty, and sexuality, not to mention marriage, procreation, and domestic bliss. |
 | | She was also known as the Venus Verticordia, goddess of chastity in women, (despite her numerous randy affairs with gods and mortals), as Venus Victrix, the goddess of victory in war, and also a nature goddess, associated with gardens and the arrival of spring. |
 | | When her son Aeneas fled Troy and founded the Roman race, Venus became known as the divine ancestor of the Roman people (the Venus Genetrix) and was treated with special honor. |
| www.goddessgift.com /goddess-myths/roman_goddess_venus.html (283 words) |
|