# Venus — The Odyssey character guide

> Venus in The Odyssey by Homer.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Venus de Medicis, blessed Venus, Cytherea

**First appearance:** 0008-book-vii-reception-of-ulysses-by-alcino-s

## Who they are

The goddess of love, caught in an affair with Mars by Vulcan.

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