The goddess of beauty was represented among the ancients in different forms. […] The surnames of the goddess are numerous, and serve to show how well established her worship was all over the earth. […] According to the different characters in which she has appeared, has the goddess been represented. […] The goddess tried, and from her touch sprang Mars. […] They frequently placed on his back the statue of Minerva, and offered to him the tongues of the victims whom they immolated to the goddess.

Though Venus was a goddess, she was just like a silly woman. […] She proceeded to a shrine of the goddess, and there invoked her. […] said the goddess to Arethusa, who was sitting on a stone, laving her feet in the running water. […] asked the wheat-crowned goddess. […] Minerva was the goddess of wisdom.