Venus
Venus: the goddess of love and beauty
Venus is the Roman goddess of love and beauty. It is a very present divinity in the Greco-Roman mythology. The cult of Venus spreads to East. The goddess is respected and is very present on this zone. But the cult returned to Venus is more important still in Europe.
The goddess Venus is the Roman version of the Greek goddess Aphrodite. Venus is the goddess of the Love.
Latin name: Venus
Greek name: Aphrodite
Parents: Jupiter and Dioné
Brothers and sisters: Apollo, Diane, Bacchus, Mars, Mercury, Platen machine, Red admiral.
Child: Enée.
Function : goddess of the Love.
The Roman mythology resumes the Greek mythology. The Latin authors relieve the Greek tradition and sometimes evoke the goddess Venus in their stories.
In the Metamorphoses, Ovide evokes Venus and the present as being a goddess endowed with big powers and being able to show itself merciless.
VENUS AND THE CERASTES
Cérastes is horned monsters which devour their hosts. To put an end to this slaughter, Venus transforms them tauraux savages there.
VENUS AND THE PROPETIDES
Propétides is punished for having denied the existence of Venus. The goddess obliges them to prostitute himself then she transforms them stone.
In Enéide, Virgile quotes several times Venus, mother of Enée.
THE ENEIDE
The Trojan Anchise was in love with the goddess Venus. They have a child: Enée who will become a Trojan prince and a brave warrior who will have for mission to base a new city after the fall of Troy.
Venus accompanies his son during its trip and try to help him to face the numerous present dangers on his road.
Diane
Diane: the goddess of the Moon
Diane is the Roman goddess of the hunting and the Moon. It is a formidable divinity. The cult of Diane spreads on all the Roman territory. But she is particularly honored in East.
The goddess Diane is the Roman version of the goddess Artémis. Diane is the goddess of the Moon and the hunting. The Greco-Roman mythology presents her as being a merciless goddess.
Latin name: Diana
Greek name: Artémis
Parents: Jupiter and Latone
Brothers and sisters: Apollo, Bacchus, Mars, Mercury, Platen machine, Venus, Red admiral
The Roman mythology resumes the Greek mythology. The Latin authors relieve the Greek tradition and evoke certain episodes of the legend of the goddess Diane.
In the Metamorphoses, Ovide tells the story of Actéon and presents Diane as a formidable and cruel goddess.
DIANE AND ACTEON
Actéon, grandson of Cadmos, surprises involuntarily the goddess Diane while she bathes in wood. Furious, Diane transforms Actéon into deer. The dogs of the young man do not recognize him and devour him.