The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli

The characters on the canvas "The Birth of Venus" are Venus, Zephyr, Chloris and the Hora of springtime.

Venus or Aphrodite

     Chronos, god of time, cuts off and throws into the sea the testicles of his father, Uranus; This fertilizes the sea, Venus was born from the rubbing of the foam of these genitals. 

     Venus is the goddess of love, the center of the canvas is hers, she is standing on seashell, a symbol of female fertility, so that to be taken somewhere on the island of Cythera. Although she is naked, she covers herself with her long hair on her genitals, also with her right arm she tries to cover her chest

Zephyr and Chloris

     Zephyr, god of the wind, drives Venus towards the shore with his breeze. He himself holds his wife, Chloris, goddess of flowers.

      Moreover, the woman drops flowers, these are hers, the rose means love but the thorns are a symbol that love can hurt us.

Hora of springtime

     On the shore, this Hour, one of the three goddesses of our seasons. 

     Her clothes and her tunic have many flowers, since Venus was born in spring. She herself will shelter Venus with her tunic.

 

Curiosities of the Birth of Venus