Voluptas
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In Roman mythology, Voluptas or Volupta is the beautiful daughter born from the union of Cupid and Psyche.[1] She is often found in the company of the Charites, or Three Graces, and she is known as the goddess of "sensual pleasures" whose Latin name means "pleasure" or "bliss".[2][3]
Some Roman authors[4][5][6][7] mention a goddess named Volupia, who had a temple near the Romanula gate at Rome and was likely the same as Voluptas.
In Greek Mythology, she is called Hedone. Her opposites are the Algea, or pains.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Apuleius, The Golden Ass, 6. 24 ff
- ^ Cicero, De natura deorum, II. 23
- ^ Statius, Silvae 1. 3. 8
- ^ Pliny the Elder, Letters, VII. 20
- ^ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, III. 5
- ^ Varro, De lingua Latina, V. 164
- ^ Macrobius, Saturnalia, I. 10
[edit] External links
- Ode to Voluptas (Information about Voluptas, Daughter of Cupid & Psyche)
- Theoi Project - Hedone/Voluptas
- Myth Index - Volupia
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