Venus-The Goddess Of Love and Beauty

Birth Of Venus - 1988
Image Copyright Jonathon Earl Bowser

Venus The Roman Goddess Of Love,
also known as Aphrodite in Greek Mythology.
Venus was born of the Sea and the Sky. She was honored as the Mother of the Roman people.
Julius Caesar was said to have linked his lineage to Venus.
Her mortal born son was Aeneas. Aeneas was the founder of the
great city of Rome. There are still shrines to Venus
existing in the Mediterranean Region to this day.
Each year the city of Venice, named for Venus, celebrates the
marriage of their city to Venus.
Venus serves as inspiration to many great works of art,
including the statue of Venus De Milo in the Louvre and the
great painting The Birth of Venus, by Botticelli.
It is the Goddess Venus who inspires people to love one another
and to celebrate the rites of Marriage.
She is also associated with the rites of Spring and Fertility.
Though there are many other great Goddesses associated with
Love, Venus reigns as the supreme Goddess Of Love.
With her exquisite features and pleasant smile she attracted many suitors, gods and mortals alike.
However, she was married to the graceless and lame Vulcan, the god of fire. Her true love was Mars , the god of war. Their child was the beautiful goddess Harmonia.
One day while Venus and Mars were together they were caught in an invisible but strong net forged by Vulcan, and exposed to the ridicule and laughter of the other gods at Mt. Olympus.

Venus was born in the sea and first came to shore at Cyprus, floating on a scallop shell.

Venus and Mars

Mars, god of war, was one of the lovers of Venus, goddess of
love. Here Mars is asleep and unarmed, while Venus is awake and
alert. The meaning of the picture is that love conquers war, or love conquers all.

The picture must have been part of a bedroom decoration on the
theme of love, most probably the spalliera or backboard from a
chest or day bed, perhaps commissioned by the Vespucci family.

The wasps (vespe in Italian) at the top right suggest a link
with the Vespucci family. They lived in the same quarter of the
city as Botticelli and were active patrons of his. However, the
wasps may be no more than a pun on the stings of love.

Mars is sleeping the 'Little death' which comes after making
love, and not even a trumpet in his ear will wake him. The
little satyrs have stolen his lance - a joke to show that he is
now disarmed. Venus is still awake, alert and obviously
victorious.

Venus-1959-Frankie Avalon

Hey Venus oh Venus
Venus if you will
Please send a little girl for me to thrill
A girl who wants my kisses and my arms
A girl with all the charms of you

Venus make her fair
And lovely girl with sunlight in her hair
And take the brightest stars off in the sky
And place them her eyes for me
Venus goddess of love that you are
Surely the things that I ask
Can't be to great a task

Venus if you do
I promise that I always could be true
I'll giver all the love like had to give
As long as we both shall live

Venus goddess of love that you are
Surely the things that I ask
Can be to great a task

Venus if you do
I promise that I always will be true
I'll give her all the love I have to give
As long as we both shall live

Hey Venus oh Venus
Make my wish come true

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