Venus on a quadriga pulled by four elephants, fresco. Pompeii, 1st C. CE
"Nor grudge to take poppy pounded with snowy milk and liquid honey squeezed from the comb; when Venus was first escorted to her eager spouse, she drank that draught: from that time she was a bride. Propitiate her with supplications; beauty and virtue and good fame are in her keeping. In the time of our forefathers Rome had fallen from a state of chastity, and the ancients consulted the old woman of Cumae. She ordered a temple to be built to Venus, and when that was duly done, Venus took the name of Changer of the Heart (Verticordia) from the event. Fairest of Goddesses, ever behold the sons of Aeneas with look benign, and guard thine offspring’s numerous wives."
-Ovid, Fasti 4 - Kalends April 1st
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| Venus on a quadriga pulled by four elephants, fresco. Pompeii, 1st C. CE. |
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