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Venus, Roman Goddess of Love

Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility with her winged son, Cupid. Venus is the Roman goddess of love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity and victory. In Roman mythology, she was the mother of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall of Troy and fled to Italy. Venus was central to many religious festivals, and was revered in Roman religion under numerous cult titles. The Romans adapted the myths and iconography of her Greek counterpart Aphrodite for Roman art and Latin literature. In the later classical tradition of the West, Venus becomes one of the most widely referenced deities of Greco-Roman mythology as the embodiment of love and sexuality. In myth, Venus-Aphrodite was born of sea-foam.

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Venus, Roman Goddess of Love

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Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility with her winged son, Cupid. Venus is the Roman goddess of love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity and victory. In Roman mythology, she was the mother of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall of Troy and fled to Italy. Venus was central to many religious festivals, and was revered in Roman religion under numerous cult titles. The Romans adapted the myths and iconography of her Greek counterpart Aphrodite for Roman art and Latin literature. In the later classical tradition of the West, Venus becomes one of the most widely referenced deities of Greco-Roman mythology as the embodiment of love and sexuality. In myth, Venus-Aphrodite was born of sea-foam.

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3141 x 3102 px | 27.9 MB

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26.6 x 26.3 cm | 10.5 x 10.3 in (300 dpi)

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