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Venus (disambiguation)
Venus can refer to many things:
- Venus (planet): the second closest planet to the Sun in our solar system
- Venus (mythology): the Roman goddess of love. In Greek Mythology she is known as Aphrodite.
- The Planet Venus in Astrology is supposed to influence love and in Medical astrology is supposed to influence the digestive system.
- Venus Williams is a tennis champion and the sister of another tennis champion, Serena Williams.
- In alchemy, the name Venus was used for the metal copper (since its name derives from Cyprus, the island of Venus)
- Venus de Milo, an ancient sculpture symbolizing an ideal of female beauty
- Venus figurines, prehistoric works of art that may have been fertility icons
- Venus, Texas
- "Venus" is the title of a track on Television's 1977 album Marquee Moon.
- "Venus, the Bringer of Peace" is a movement in Gustav Holst's The Planets suite.
- Minako Aino in the Sailor Moon series.
- "Venus" was the nickname of a disk jockey on TV sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati. This was short for "Venus Flytrap," his pseudonym. (His real name was later revealed to be Gordon Sims.)
- Venus is a song by Shocking Blue; a cover version was featured in advertisements for Gillette's eponymous line of women's razors.
Last updated: 05-28-2005 22:33:14
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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