Venus was the Goddess of love, sex, beauty, and fertility. She was the Roman Counterpart to the Greek Aphrodite. In many ways she was beyond what the Greek Aphrodite had in store for her, she was the goddess of victory, fertility, and prostitution. Venus exceeded all of the other goddesses in beauty, which recieved her the prize beauty award from Paris the King of Troy. Venus has many powers one of which were awarding beauty and charm to others. With all of the Gods and Goddesses being very diverse they were all different none the same. Who do you really think Venus is the goddess of love, sex, beauty and fertility, or victory, fertility, and prostitution?
Venus was born in sea-foam, she was known to be the balance of life. Her sacred month was April which was chosen because it was “the open” of Spring time and flowers. This was meant for her because her symbol was roses similar to Aphrodites. Veneralia was held on April 1st and it was in honor of Venus. It was …show more content…
The Prince of Troy had no idea that Venus had disguised herself as someone she’s not and had made the plan to trick him and seduce him. After she had done this it wasn’t until nine months later that she revealed who she was to this Prince. This was a shock to the Prince because you never would’ve thought that a Goddess was just out to disguise herself and seduce whoever she could trick. This Prince of Troy should’ve felt ashamed for falling under her tricky spell of love. Later on Venus also had to tell her mortal lover Anchises about their son together Aeneas. Aeneas had been told by his mother Venus to never brag about the affair unless he wanted to be struck by Jupiter. Of course he didn’t listen and spoke of the affair and was struck and crippled by Jupiter’s bolt just like his mother said he would’ve been. "Venus (mythology)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 19 Sept.
Venus was born in sea-foam, she was known to be the balance of life. Her sacred month was April which was chosen because it was “the open” of Spring time and flowers. This was meant for her because her symbol was roses similar to Aphrodites. Veneralia was held on April 1st and it was in honor of Venus. It was …show more content…
The Prince of Troy had no idea that Venus had disguised herself as someone she’s not and had made the plan to trick him and seduce him. After she had done this it wasn’t until nine months later that she revealed who she was to this Prince. This was a shock to the Prince because you never would’ve thought that a Goddess was just out to disguise herself and seduce whoever she could trick. This Prince of Troy should’ve felt ashamed for falling under her tricky spell of love. Later on Venus also had to tell her mortal lover Anchises about their son together Aeneas. Aeneas had been told by his mother Venus to never brag about the affair unless he wanted to be struck by Jupiter. Of course he didn’t listen and spoke of the affair and was struck and crippled by Jupiter’s bolt just like his mother said he would’ve been. "Venus (mythology)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 19 Sept.