venus-aphrodite

Updated: June 29, 2025

Sprung from one of the oldest noble families of Latium which traced back its lineage to the heroes of the Iliad and the kings of Rome, and in fact to the Venus-Aphrodite common to both nations he spent the years of his boyhood and early manhood as the genteel youth of that epoch were wont to spend them.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

Sprung from one of the oldest noble families of Latium which traced back its lineage to the heroes of the Iliad and the kings of Rome, and in fact to the Venus-Aphrodite common to both nations he spent the years of his boyhood and early manhood as the genteel youth of that epoch were wont to spend them.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy