Both Uses of
Venus
in
Romeo and Juliet
- Speak to my gossip Venus one fair word,
p. 64.7Venus = goddess of love in Roman mythology
- Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt's death,
And therefore have I little talk'd of love,
For Venus smiles not in a house of tears.p. 184.4 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(Venus as in: the Olympian goddess) Roman mythology: goddess of love
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus:
More commonly, Venus refers to the 2nd planet closest to the sun.