Roman · God or goddess · Certain
Venus
Venus, the Roman deity associated with love, beauty, desire, fertility, and cultivated grace. This identity is distinct from the planet of the same name.
Profile research status
This stable record is still in evidence review. Its current identity, cultural scope, image, and direct source records are available here; a complete history, myth, worship, iconography, relationship, and reception profile is not yet claimed.
Direct connections and evidence
Cross Source
Roman and later reception renders Aphrodite traditions through the separately addressable Venus
Historical identification and reception only; Aphrodite and Venus remain separate entities with distinct cultural histories.
2 attestations · contextual confidence
- Ovid; Hugo Magnus Latin edition and Brookes More translation, MetamorphosesPerseus/Scaife corpus with Hugo Magnus Latin and Brookes More English components, 1892-1922 · translated by Brookes More for the registered English component · edited by Hugo Magnus for the registered Latin component · Perseus Digital Library / Scaife ATLAS · Greek religion under Roman imperial rule · Entry Metamorphoses · Book 10 · Line 503-739
- Musée du Louvre, Vénus de Milo, Aphrodite, inventory Ma 399Live official collection record for inventory Ma 399 · Musée du Louvre, Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities · Modern classical scholarship · Melos · MuseumObjectId Louvre Ma 399, CL010277627
Archive scope and classification
- Figure classification
- God or goddess · certain
- Pantheon or tradition shelf
- Roman
- Cultures
- Roman
- Traditions
- Ancient Roman religion
- Periods
- Unspecified
- Places
- Unspecified
The Roman divine identity and name collision are established; full source-backed profile and relationship extraction remain pending.
Reviewed sources
- Ovid; Hugo Magnus Latin edition and Brookes More translation, Metamorphoses (1922)Perseus / Scaife edition corpus, 1892-1922 components · Perseus Digital Library / Scaife ATLAS
- Musée du Louvre, Vénus de Milo, Aphrodite, inventory Ma 399Live official collection record · Musée du Louvre, Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities