Venus Obsequens

Venus Obsequens ("Compliant Venus"[1]) was the first Venus for whom a shrine (aedes) was built in ancient Rome.[2][3][4] Little is known of her cult[5] beyond the circumstances of her temple founding and a likely connection to the Vinalia Rustica, an August wine festival.[a]

  1. ^ Kraemer 1992, p. 58.
  2. ^ Fantham 2002a, p. 37.
  3. ^ a b Richardson 1992, p. 409.
  4. ^ Eden 1963, p. 451, qualifying with "oldest dateable Roman temple (italic emphasis added).
  5. ^ Staples 1998, p. 113.


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