Modern Mythos
The noun form venus means "love" and "sexual desire" in Latin and has connections to venerari (to honour, to try to please) and venia (grace, favour). Venus' name might embody the function of honours and gifts to the divine when seeking their favours: such acts can be interpreted as the enticement, seduction or charm of gods by mortals. The ambivalence of this function is suggested in the etymological relationship of the root *venes- with Latin venenum (poison, venom), in the sense of "a charm, magic.
Here Venus is a modern temptress and a supplier of lust. She is the amalgamated vision of desire and sexual objectification of today's woman. The cosmic anonymity of engineered beauty and toxic lip gloss. She floats effortlessly away from man’s reach, abandoning him as he has abandoned her sanctity. An homage to the woman that is empowered yet simultaneously destroyed by her vanity.