Venus
Venus in Roman mythology, a goddess, worshipped as the goddess of love in classical Rome though apparently a spirit of kitchen gardens in earlier times. She is the mother of Cupid and (though wife of Hephaestus), lover of Mars. Her Greek equivalent is Aphrodite.
Venus Anadyomene Venus portrayed rising from the sea, according to Pliny's Natural History in a picture by the Greek artist Apelles, and represented in Botticelli's The Birth of Venus.
Venus de Medici a classical sculpture in the Uffizi Gallery at Florence.
Venus de Milo a classical sculpture of Aphrodite dated to c.100 bc. It was discovered on the Greek island of Melos in 1820 and is now in the Louvre in Paris, having formed part of the war loot acquired by Napoleon on his campaigns.
Venus Anadyomene Venus portrayed rising from the sea, according to Pliny's Natural History in a picture by the Greek artist Apelles, and represented in Botticelli's The Birth of Venus.
Venus de Medici a classical sculpture in the Uffizi Gallery at Florence.
Venus de Milo a classical sculpture of Aphrodite dated to c.100 bc. It was discovered on the Greek island of Melos in 1820 and is now in the Louvre in Paris, having formed part of the war loot acquired by Napoleon on his campaigns.
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