Venus Genetrix (sculpture)
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This article is about the sculptural depiction. For the goddess, see Epithets of Venus.
The Venus Genetrix (also spelled genitrix)[1] is a sculptural type which shows the Roman goddess Venus in her aspect of Genetrix ("foundress of the family"), as she was honoured by the Julio-Claudian dynasty of Rome, which claimed her as their ancestor. Contemporary references identify the sculptor as a Greek named Arcesilaus.[2] The statue was set up in Julius Caesar's new forum, probably as the cult statue in the cella of his temple of Venus Genetrix.[3] Through this historical chance, a Roman designation is applied to an iconological type of Aphrodite that originated among the Greeks.