ID: 901001064 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001064	Record Type: Character/Person

	Venus (Roman deity)

Note: Ancient Italian goddess associated with cultivated fields and gardens; later identified by the Romans with the Greek goddess Aphrodite, when Venus became the Roman goddess of love, beauty, sex, fertility, prosperity, victory, and desire.

Names:

	Venus (Roman deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Venere (Roman deity) (Italian-P,D,N)
	Βένους (Roman deity) (Greek,U,N)
	Венера (Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Venera (Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Venous (Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	فينوس (Roman deity) (Arabic,U,N)
	Uenusu (Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	ונוס (Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Fīnūs (Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Gwener (Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	ウェヌス (Roman deity) (Japanese,U,N)
	维纳斯 (Roman deity) (Chinese,U,N)
	Wenus (Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Vèniri (Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Venuša (Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Weinasi (Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Roman iconography> (P)
		........<Roman characters> (P)
		............Venus (Roman deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Judgment of Paris
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek narratives, Judgment of Paris (Greco-Roman narrative)) [901000636]

	is actor for .... Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman narratives, Mars and Venus (Roman narrative), Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan (Roman narrative)) [901000638]

	is actor for .... Mars and Venus
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman narratives, Mars and Venus (Roman narrative)) [901001964]

	focus of .... Venus Pompeiana
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman allegory, symbolism, theme, Venus Pompeiana (Roman theme)) [901002381]

	has as manifestation .... Venus Anadyomene
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman allegory, symbolism, theme, Venus Anadyomene (Roman theme)) [901002071]

	counterpart is .... Aphrodite
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Aphrodite (Greek deity)) [901000612]

	represented as .... Venus pudica
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman allegory, symbolism, theme, Venus pudica (Roman theme)) [901002220]

	is protagonist for .... Birth of Venus
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman narratives, Birth of Venus (Roman narrative)) [901002070]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Roman
	.....(Ancient Italian, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... love (emotion)
	.....(positive emotions, emotion, psychological concepts, social science concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... sexuality
	.....(psychological concepts, social science concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... beauty
	.....(aesthetic concepts, philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	associated with .... Venus
	.....(Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy) (TGN)

Sources:

	Venus (Roman deity)
	................Stapleton, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Mythology (1986)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2014047547
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92C4 (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)
	................Bowker, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997)
	Venere (Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	................ICCD database (1988-)
	Βένους (Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Венера (Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Venera (Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Venous (Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	فينوس (Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Uenusu (Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	ונוס (Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Fīnūs (Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Gwener (Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	ウェヌス (Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	维纳斯 (Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Wenus (Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Vèniri (Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Venuša (Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Weinasi (Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Stapleton, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Mythology (1986)
	................ Collingnon, Mythology in Relation to Greek Myth (1982)
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_%28mythology%29#/media/File:Sandro_Botticelli_-_La_nascita_di_Venere_-_Google_Art_Project_-_edited.jpg
	................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92C4 (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)
	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2014047547