The Center for Hellenic Studies,

Venus

The Roman goddess Venus was the patron deity of the city of Pompeii, and her temple occupied a prominent location at the southern edge of the site, overlooking the river plain below.

The Center for Hellenic Studies

at Harvard University

Reassertion of the humanism of the ancient world, centering on Hellenic civilization in its widest sense

3100 Whitehaven Street, NW. Washington, DC 20008