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.
See also
Eros and Psyche
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
External links
Ode to Voluptas (Information about Voluptas, Daughter of Cupid & Psyche)
Theoi Project - Hedone/Voluptas
Myth Index - Volupia
See also : Greek Mythology. Paintings, Drawings
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