Venus Genetrix
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Venus Genetrix may be:
- An epithet of the goddess VenusVenus (mythology)Venus is a Roman goddess principally associated with love, beauty, sex,sexual seduction and fertility, who played a key role in many Roman religious festivals and myths...
- Venus Genetrix (sculpture)Venus Genetrix (sculpture)The sculptural type of Venus Genetrix shows Venus in her aspect of Genetrix , as she was honoured by the Julio-Claudian dynasty of Rome, who followed the precedent of Julius Caesar in claiming her as their ancestor...
, the name for a type of sculptural depiction of the goddess thought to represent her under this epithet.