- The
Veneralia was an
ancient Roman festival celebrated April 1 (the
Kalends of Aprilis) in
honor of
Venus Verticordia ("Venus the
changer of hearts")...
-
honor of divinities, and as
April was
sacred to the
goddess Venus, her
Veneralia being held on the
first day, it has been
suggested that
Aprilis was originally...
-
Venus Verticordia ("Venus the
Changer of Hearts"). See #Festivals and
Veneralia.
Venus Victrix ("Venus the Victorious"), a
Romanised aspect of the armed...
-
Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. It is a
fanciful depiction of the
Roman festival Veneralia celebrated in
honor of
Venus Verticordia.
Rubens thought highly of Titian...
-
Verticordia on
April 1 (Kalendae Aprilis),
which first appears with the name
Veneralia in the mid-4th
century AD.
According to the poet Ovid,
Fortuna Virilis...
- Bacchus, the
myrtle to
lovely Venus, and his own
laurel to Phoebus." At the
Veneralia,
women bathed wearing crowns woven of
myrtle branches, and
myrtle was...
-
major feriae conceptivae in
April was the
Latin Festival. 1 (Kalends):
Veneralia in
honour of
Venus 4–10: Ludi
Megalenses or Megalesia, in
honor of the...
- and
Venus Verticordia ("Venus
changer of hearts") conjointly, at the
Veneralia festival.
Venus Verticordia was
introduced by the elite, in an effort...
-
Modern date
Roman date
status Observances April 1
Kalendae Aprilis F •
Veneralia for
Venus and
Fortuna Virilis 2 a.d. IV Non. Apr. F 3 III Non. Apr. C...
-
title she was
especially worshipped by
married women, and on 1
April the
Veneralia festival was
celebrated in her honor.
According to
Valerius Maximus, a...
