fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a more complex rise to fame than one might think. The birth of AphroditeAphrodite, Greek goddess of love, became Venus in the Roman pantheon.

The Goddess Triptych Reunited is a three-piece collection by Angel Rodriguez-Diaz that explores the female body and seeks to ...

and mother goddesses within (the) Iron Age and Roman Empire. These figures are often shown with cornucopia and infants, as well as baskets of fruit, emphasizing their links to fertility both in ...

Pope Gelasius declared Feb. 14 as St. Valentine’s Day in 496 AD. It was not until much later, however, that the day became ...