The Facts About Cedar Shake Roofing. 1  26 December 2012. 2  Cedar shakes can be a poor choice in humid climates which can cause the shingles to age prematurely. 3  Because cedar shakes are made out of essentially the same material used in a campfire, your insurance company may charge a premium for this type of roofing since it is not fire retardant.
When her son Aeneas fled Troy and founded the Roman race, Venus became known as the divine ancestor of the Roman people (the Venus Genetrix) and was treated with special honor. at the Goddess Shop! Venus had many identities before she came to Rome - Inanna, Ishtar/Astarte, and the Greek goddess Aphrodite.
Roman name Venus. See The Olympians for more information and another picture; also this picture. Aphrodite was the goddess of love. The Romans called her Venus (hence the famous armless statue known as the Venus de Milo). Aphrodite lived on Mount Olympus with the other supreme deities and was married to the homely craftsman-god, Hephaestus. She was said to have been born from the foam of the sea (hence Botticelli's much-reproduced painting of the goddess floating on a seashell).