Venus, universally worshiped in ancient Greece,
reveared for her beauty (and she reportedly had a really nice personality)
epitomized the love that binds marriages, gives rise to great civilizations, and horrible wars. One of the twelve Olypian divinities, she gave life to Cupid and Galatea (Pygmaliaon's statue) and also wreaked a marriage that exploded into the Trojan war. Pursued by all the Greek guy-gods and dominated by none, she devistated those who angered her.

Her image captured in stone and oil, and now magnetic media, is amoung the mostly widely admired in the world.

One of the most famous statues, the Venus de Milo, is over 2,000 years old, was carved by 'the chisler' (hey, this a first draft)... now in some snobby French museum.

She was known by many names including:   Venus, Aphrodite, Dionaea, and Ashtoreth (in Biblical referances).