As with most major gods and goddesses in Roman mythology, the literary concept of Venus is mantled in whole-cloth borrowings from the literary Greek mythology of her counterpart, Aphrodite. In some Latin mythology Cupid was the son of Venus and Mars, the god of war. At other times, or in parallel myths and theologies, Venus was understood to be the consort of Vulcan. Virgil, in compliment to his patron Augustus and the gens Julia, embellished an existing connection between Venus, whom Julius Caesar had adopted as his protectress, and Aeneas.
As with most major gods and goddesses in Roman mythology, the literary concept of Venus is mantled in whole-cloth borrowings from the literary Greek mythology of her counterpart, Aphrodite.
case
as
As
ADP
IN
fixed
with
with
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Sup
most
most
ADJ
JJS
amod
Degree=Pos
major
major
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Plur
god
gods
NOUN
NNS
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Plur
goddess
goddesses
NOUN
NNS
case
in
in
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
Roman
Roman
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
mythology
mythology
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
literary
literary
ADJ
JJ
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
concept
concept
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Venus
Venus
PROPN
NNP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
mantle
mantled
VERB
VBN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
whole
whole
ADJ
JJ
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
compound
Number=Sing
cloth
cloth
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Plur
borrowing
borrowings
NOUN
NNS
case
from
from
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
literary
literary
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
Greek
Greek
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
mythology
mythology
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP$
nmod
Number=Sing
counterpart
counterpart
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
appos
Number=Sing
Aphrodite
Aphrodite
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
In some Latin mythology Cupid was the son of Venus and Mars, the god of war.
case
in
In
ADP
IN
det
some
some
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
Latin
Latin
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
mythology
mythology
NOUN
NN
nsubj
Number=Sing
Cupid
Cupid
PROPN
NNP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
root
Number=Sing
son
son
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Venus
Venus
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Mars
Mars
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
appos
Number=Sing
god
god
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
war
war
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
At other times, or in parallel myths and theologies, Venus was understood to be the consort of Vulcan.
case
at
At
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
other
other
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Plur
time
times
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
or
or
CCONJ
CC
case
in
in
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
parallel
parallel
ADJ
JJ
conj
Number=Plur
myth
myths
NOUN
NNS
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Plur
theology
theologies
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
Venus
Venus
PROPN
NNP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
understand
understood
VERB
VBN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
cop
VerbForm=Inf
be
be
AUX
VB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
xcomp
Number=Sing
consort
consort
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Vulcan
Vulcan
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Virgil, in compliment to his patron Augustus and the gens Julia, embellished an existing connection between Venus, whom Julius Caesar had adopted as his protectress, and Aeneas.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Virgil
Virgil
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
compliment
compliment
NOUN
NN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
nmod
Number=Sing
patron
patron
NOUN
NN
appos
Number=Sing
Augustus
Augustus
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
conj
Number=Sing
gen
gens
PROPN
NNP
appos
Number=Sing
Julia
Julia
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
embellish
embellished
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
amod
VerbForm=Ger
exist
existing
VERB
VBG
obj
Number=Sing
connection
connection
NOUN
NN
case
between
between
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Venus
Venus
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
obj
PronType=Rel
whom
whom
PRON
WP
nsubj
Number=Sing
Julius
Julius
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Caesar
Caesar
PROPN
NNP
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
AUX
VBD
acl:relcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
adopt
adopted
VERB
VBN
case
as
as
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obl
Number=Sing
protectress
protectress
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Aeneas
Aeneas
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.