Venus (godform)

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Major Roman Gods
Dii Consentes
(The Twelve
Great Gods)

Jupiter

Juno

Minerva

Vesta

Ceres

Diana

Venus

Mars Mercury

Neptune

Vulcan

Apollo

Other Gods

Baachus

Cupid

Discordia

Faunus

Justitia

Luna

Mors

Mutinus

Nox

Pluto

Proserpina

Terra

Saturn

Sol

Uranus

Venus is the Roman goddess of love, equivalent to Greek Aphrodite and Etruscan Turan.

Her cult began in Ardea and Lavinium, Latium. On August 18, 293 BC, her oldest temple was built. August 18 was then a festival called the Vinalia Rustica. On April 1, the Veneralia was celebrated in honor of Venus Verticordia, the protector against vice. On April 23, 215 BC, a temple was built on the Capitol dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasum.

Julius Caesar introduced Venus Genetrix as a goddess of motherhood and domesticity.

References

wikipedia. (2005). *[Venus (mythology)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_%28mythology%29) (*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_%28mythology%29*)*. Retrieved on January 16, 2005.