He prayed to Venus (called by the Greeks Aphrodite) to give life to the image. […] But Perseus sacrificed to Minerva, and to Venus, the goddess of love. […] When he woke at early dawn, the voice of Venus was still ringing in his ears. […] Son of Venus, 64; god of love, 57. […] Hated the Trojans, 196, because of the choice of Paris, who gave to Venus the apple intended “for the fairest,” 176.