Venus is mentioned to be the divine mother of Michael Kahale. The Heroes of Olympus The Blood of Olympus Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Lightning Thief Ĭhiron mentions Venus to Percy Jackson when explaining the path the gods took when following Western Civilization and how they 'temporarily' went under different names when patrons of the Roman Empire. Indeed the famed Gaius Julius Caesar was a member of the gens Julii, claiming descent from Venus through Aeneas' son Iulus, the patroness of motherhood and domesticity. She was especially important to the foundational myth of Rome, for she was regarded as the mother of Aeneas, who was himself ancestor to Romulus, Rome's mythical founder-king.Īs mother to Aeneas, Venus was regarded as the mother to the Roman people. Venus was, like her Greek equivalent, famed for her many affairs with both gods and mortals, the goddess was thought to protect the chastity of women and girls. She came to be equated with the Greek goddess Aphrodite, although it is unknown why or when exactly such identification occurred.
Venus, in the ancient Italic religion, was a matronly goddess largely associated with marital love and agricultural fertility, most especially the cultivation of fields and gardens, and while there was no worship of Venus in the early days of Rome, she was especially worshiped by the Latins, having a temple at Lavinium and another one at Ardea.
