“Venus – Aphrodite, goddess of love, beauty, fertility and the spring. Born of the foam of the sea, her chariot is a scallop shell, drawn by dolphins. As patroness of gardens, the rose, lily and narcissus are all sacred to her. Also known as “the goddess who shines”, she is attended by the Graces and the Seasons. Her golden girdle apparently made the wearer irresistible, and Hera once asked for a loan of it, as a way of preventing the frequent amours of Zeus.

To punish Aphrodite’s hubris and vanity in her own beauty, Zeus decreed that she would marry Hephaestos