Venus (mythology)
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Venus is a Roman goddess whose functions encompass love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory. In Roman mythology, she was the ancestor of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas,
Venus rising from the sea, alluding to the birth-myth of Greek Aphrodite. From a garden wall at the Casa della Venere in conchiglia, Pompeii. Before AD 79
A 2nd- or 3rd-century bronze figurine of Venus, in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
Venus and Mars, with Cupid attending, in a wall painting from Pompeii
Imperial image of Venus suggesting influence from Syria or Palestine, or from the cult of Isis
Mars (mythology)
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In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Mars is the god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome. He is the son of Jupiter and Juno, and was pre-eminent am
Venus (mythology)
…Venus as the yielding, watery female principle, essential to the generation and balance of life. Her male counterparts in the Roman pantheon, Vulcan and Mars, are active and fiery. Venus absorbs and tempers the male essence, uniting the opposites of male and female in mutual affection. She is essentially…
Statue of Mars from the Forum of Nerva, 2nd century CE
Mars caresses Venus enthroned. Wall-painting in Pompeii, c. 20 BC – 50s AD.
A relief depicting Mars and Venus on a black-slip bowl from Campania, Italy, 250–150 BCE, British Museum
She-wolf and twins Romulus and Remus from an altar to Venus and Mars