They named these objects after their most important gods, with Venus being named after Aphrodite—the goddess of love and beauty. It’s the only planet named after a female god. Related ...

Yr-Old Temple of ‘Greek Goddess of Love’ Discovered in Turkey With the Inscription ‘This Is the Sacred Area' Idol worship has ...

As the goddess of love, beauty and sexual pleasure ... immortalized by works such as Praxiteles’ Aphrodite of Knidos or the Venus de Milo. That image is dead wrong, according to modern scholars.

They stood in the ancient Temple of Venus, honouring a goddess of love, during a four-day trip which coincides with their 20th wedding anniversary. The royal visitors were earlier given a ...