In Roman mythology, Voluptas or Volupta is the daughter born from the union of Cupid and Psyche, according to Apuleius.Apuleius, The Golden Ass, 6. 24 ff The Latin word voluptas“huic verbo (voluptatis) omnes qui Latine sciunt, duas res subiciunt, laetitiam in animo, commotionem suavem iucunditatis in corpore: Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37 means 'pleasure' or 'delight';Lewis & Short, "voluptas"Cicero, De natura deorum, II. 23Statius, Silvae 1. 3. 8 Voluptas is known as the goddess of "sensual pleasures". She is often found in the company of the Gratiae, or Three Graces.
Some Roman authorsPliny the Elder, Letters, VII. 20Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, III. 5Varro, De lingua Latina, V. 164Macrobius, Saturnalia, I. 10 mention a goddess named Volupia, a name which appears to signify "willingness".Robert E. A. Palmer, The Archaic Community of the Romans, Cambridge University Press 1970 pp.171ff. She had a temple, the Sacellum Volupiae, on the Via Nova, by the Porta Romana. Sacrifices were offered to the Diva Angerona there.
The corresponding goddess in Greek mythology is Hedone.
See also Hercules at the crossroads
References
External links
Theoi Project - Hedone/Voluptas
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