Venus in Roman mythology was originally the goddess of spring and gardens, perhaps a personification of the concept venia - the mercy of the gods. In some cities, the Italian was honored as Frutis. Due to the popularity of legends about Aeneas (see. AENEAS), became identified with his legendary mother, Aphrodite (see. Aphrodite), the goddess of love and beauty, especially revered as the patron of the descendants of Aeneas - Romans. According to its famous temple in Sicily on Mount Eryx bore the epithet [Expand]
Erutsina. Julius Caesar (see. Gaius Julius Caesar) honored her as a kind of ancestor Julio (Genetrix). In the literature, first of all - the goddess of love passion, the mother of Cupid (see. AMOUR (god)). In the late Roman Empire it merges with the orgiastic cult cults of Astarte (see. Astarte), Isis (see. Isis (goddess)), Cybele (see. Cybele), and others. In connection with the cult of Attis (see. Attis) becomes very popular reverence for the dying and resurrecting beloved Venus - Adonis (see. Adonis (god)).
Venus in Roman mythology was originally the goddess of spring and gardens, perhaps a personification of the concept venia - the mercy of the gods. In some cities, the Italian was honored as Frutis. Due to the popularity of legends about Aeneas (see. AENEAS), became identified with his legendary mother, Aphrodite (see. Aphrodite), the goddess of love and beauty, especially revered as the patron of the descendants of Aeneas - Romans. According to its famous temple in Sicily on Mount Eryx bore the epithet [Expand]
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