The goddess, "Venus" was a Roman entity. There originally was no equal goddess in Greek mythology, though one goddess whose attributes overlapped those of Venus was Aphrodite (aff-roe-DYE-tee).
Somewhere along the line of history, the attributes of Aphrodite were added to those of Venus, and after that the two goddesses were thought of as being identical.
So, we can safely say that the Greek name for the Planet Venus is Planet Aphrodite.
The planet Venus got its name from the Greek goddess.
Aphrodite is named after Venus and I think that is it
The planet Venus is named after the Roman goddess Venus. The planet that bears the name of the ancient goddess of beauty and love is the second of our solar system and it is called planet Venusof course Venus!the planet venus
Venus (the planet) Venus (Roman god of love) Aphrodite (Greek god of love)
The ancient Roman people named the planet Venus. The planet was named after the goddess of the same name.
The planet is named after the Roman goddess. The goddess has that name because venus in Latin meant "sexual desire."
Aphrodite. The planet Venus is named after her, the Goddess of Love. Venus the the Roman name of Aphrodite
Venus got her name as a Roman goddess, not from anyone or anything else. The planet was later named after the goddess.
Venus
Because Venus was the brightest planet in the sky, the Romans named it Venus. Venus was the name of the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
The Greek name is Aphrodite (APH-ro-DITE-ee) and the Roman name is Venus (the namesake of the planet).
Well, Venus was named after the Roman goddes of love and beauty.