Venus (Marvel Comics)
Videos
Venus is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first, was based on the goddess Venus from Roman and Greek mythology and appeared in her
Aphrodite in The Incredible Hercules #140 (Jan. 2010). Art by Gabriel Hardman.
Venus, from Agents of Atlas #5. Pencils by Leonard Kirk.
Siren (mythology)
Videos
In Greek mythology, sirens are female humanlike beings with alluring voices; they appear in a scene in the Odyssey in which Odysseus saves his crew's lives. Roman poets place them on some small island
Venus (Marvel Comics)
…1950s.This character is stated to be the true goddess, who later only had been referred to by her Greek name, Aphrodite. The second character was to be a siren that only resembled the goddess, having been retconned in Marvel story. The similarities between the two characters were a point of conflict in the…
Attic funerary statue of a siren, playing on a tortoiseshell lyre, c. 370 BC
Archaic perfume vase in the shape of a siren, c. 540 BC
Moaning siren statuette from Myrina, first century BC
Miniature illustration of a siren enticing sailors who try to resist her, from an English Bestiary, c. 1235