# Venus — Poetry character guide

> Venus in Poetry by Fernando Pessoa.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** herself

**First appearance:** 0000-35-sonnets

## Who they are

The goddess Venus, appearing as a mythological figure.

## Relationships

### [Lo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_6_se/characters/lo)

_romantic_

Lo and Venus have a passionate and possibly tumultuous romantic entanglement, filled with desire and conflict.

### [Hadrian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_6_se/characters/hadrian)

_friendship_

Hadrian and Venus are companions who share a respectful and affectionate friendship, often mediating between others.

### [Hadrian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_6_se/characters/hadrian)

_friendship_

Hadrian and Venus are companions who share a respectful and affectionate friendship, often mediating between others.

### [Lo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_6_se/characters/lo)

_romantic_

Lo and Venus have a passionate and possibly tumultuous romantic entanglement, filled with desire and conflict.

## In the story

### [35 Sonnets](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_6_se/chapters/35-sonnets)

Mentioned in the context of love and desire.

### [Antinous](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_6_se/chapters/antinous)

Mentioned as Adonis' lover, lending her old griefs to blend with Hadrian's pain.

### [Epithalamium](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_6_se/chapters/epithalamium)

Implied through references to love, lust, and procreative force, especially in the call to 'pair in love for love's creating sake.'

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_6_se/chapters/v)

Implied through the reference to 'pleasure' and the erotic forces that 'soften' the bride's hours.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_6_se/chapters/xvi)

Implied through the celebration of love and physical union.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_6_se/chapters/xvii)

Implied as the presiding deity over the bacchic and lustful energy that pervades the scene.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_6_se/chapters/xviii)

Invoked through the exclamation 'Io!' and the theme of erotic frenzy.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_6_se/chapters/xix)

Invoked through the 'abstract surge of life' and the bacchic frenzy of the wedding.

## Links

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