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The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli

Venus Voluptas: The Desire of Gods and Men

Thomas Nail writes about Venus as the desire of gods and men in Lucretius' De Rerum Natura. She is not only the external object of desire of the other gods and of men; she is the desire itself.

  • Naomi Farmer
  • August 14, 2018
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