Voluptas
In Roman mythology, Voluptas or Volupta, according to Apuleius, is the daughter born from the union of Cupid and Psyche. [1] She is often found in the company of the Gratiae, or Three Graces, and she is known as the goddess of "sensual pleasures", "voluptas" [2] meaning "pleasure" or "delight". [3] [4] [5]
Some Roman authors[6][7][8][9] mention a goddess named Volupia, who had a temple, the Sacellum Volupiae on the Via Nova by the Porta Romana, where sacrifices were offered to the Diva Angerona. The name appears to signify "willingness".[10]
The corresponding goddess In Greek Mythology is Hedone.
See also
References
- ^ Apuleius, The Golden Ass, 6. 24 ff
- ^ “huic verbo (voluptatis) omnes qui Latine sciunt, duas res subiciunt, laetitiam in animo, commotionem suavem iucunditatis in corpore: Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37
- ^ Lewis & Short, "voluptas"
- ^ 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
- ^ Robert E. A. Palmer, The Archaic Community of the Romans, Cambridge University Press 1970 pp.171ff.
External links
- Ode to Voluptas (Information about Voluptas, Daughter of Cupid & Psyche)
- Theoi Project - Hedone/Voluptas
- Myth Index - Volupia
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