god
Venus
also: Erycina
Goddess of love (Greek Aphrodite), called Erycina from her cult on Mt. Eryx; she pursues the line of the Sun, who exposed her adultery with Mars, through a vengeful passion.
Reading notes
- Agamemnon §158 idles for Venus
Venus, goddess of love; Agamemnon 'idles for Venus,' giving himself to his captive loves.
- The Pumpkinification of the Divine Claudius §8 Venus
Goddess of love; the name everyone gave to the woman Claudius's victim preferred to call Juno.
- On Benefits §1.3.9 Venus
The Roman goddess of love; the Graces are given to her as companions.
- On the Firmness of the Wise Man §18.3 Venus
Goddess of love; Caligula's giving 'Venus' and 'Priapus' as the day's watchword was a coarse jeer at Chaerea's supposed softness.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §19.115.14 Venus
The goddess of love; the verses make money's sweetness rival even what shines in her face.
- Hercules on Oeta §579 the mother of rough Love
Venus, mother of Cupid; Deianira goes to worship her with prayers.
- Octavia §263 Venus
Goddess of love; her wrath is blamed for the doom on Octavia's house, beginning with her mother's adultery.
- Oedipus §530 Paphian myrtle
The myrtle sacred to Venus, worshipped at Paphos on Cyprus.
- Phaedra §123 Venus
Goddess of love; she persecutes the line of the Sun with disastrous passions out of an old grudge.
- Phaedra §193 Erycina
Venus, named from her famous temple on Mount Eryx in Sicily; the Nurse denies that her son Love is truly a god.
- Phaedra §274 Goddess born of the ungentle sea
Venus, born from the foam of the sea, mother of Cupid.