The birth of AphroditeAphrodite, Greek goddess of love, became Venus in the Roman pantheon. This mural, “The Birth of Venus,” painted before A.D. 79 and found at the House of Venus in the ...

just like in the famous "Birth of Venus" painting by Italian artist Sandro Botticelli. The superstar also appears like goddess Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt, the moon and nature ...

Planets continue their nighttime shows, with eight visible at points during February, including Venus on Feb. 14.

Venus, goddess of love, emerges from the sea in Ottorino Respighi’s shimmering depiction of Botticelli’s classic painting, ...

A teenager has recreated the Venus de Milo out of snow in her back garden. Emily Bates, 17, sculpted the frozen goddess in her Leeds garden when her school had an inset day. Her mum, Sue Bates, said ...

In particular, the twelve greatest gods and goddesses in the Roman state religion – called the di consentes – paralleled the gods of Greek mythology ... of Rome. Venus was believed to be ...

Emily Bates, 17, sculpted the frozen goddess in her Leeds garden ... still standing four days later on Thursday The Venus de Milo is an ancient Greek marble sculpture on display in the Louvre ...