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Venus (disambiguation)
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Venus
)
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.
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