{{Short description|Roman deity, personification of pleasure}} {{Infobox deity | type = Roman | other_names = Volupta | image = Banquet of Amor and Psyche by Giulio Romano.jpg | caption = Giulio Romano's ''Banquet of Amor and Psyche'', which depicts Voluptas and her parents (at far right). | deity_of = Goddess of enjoyment, sensual pleasure, bliss and delight | symbols = | consort = | parents = Cupid and Anima | Greek_equivalent = Hedone }} In Roman mythology, '''Voluptas''' or '''Volupta''' is the daughter born from the union of Cupid and Psyche, according to Apuleius.<ref>Apuleius, ''The Golden Ass'', 6. 24 ff</ref> The Latin word ''voluptas''<ref>“huic verbo (voluptatis) omnes qui Latine sciunt, duas res subiciunt, laetitiam in animo, commotionem suavem iucunditatis in corpore: Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37</ref> means 'pleasure' or 'delight';<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=voluptas&la=latin#lexicon Lewis & Short, "voluptas"]</ref><ref>Cicero, ''De natura deorum'', II. 23</ref><ref>Statius, ''Silvae'' 1. 3. 8</ref> Voluptas is known as the goddess of "sensual pleasures". She is often found in the company of the Gratiae, or Three Graces.
Some Roman authors<ref>Pliny the Elder, ''Letters'', VII. 20</ref><ref>Pliny the Elder, ''Naturalis Historia'', III. 5</ref><ref>Varro, ''De lingua Latina'', V. 164</ref><ref>Macrobius, ''Saturnalia'', I. 10</ref> mention a goddess named '''Volupia''', a name which appears to signify "willingness".<ref>Robert E. A. Palmer, ''The Archaic Community of the Romans,'' Cambridge University Press 1970 pp.171ff.</ref> 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
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==External links== {{wiktionary|Voluptas}} {{Commons category|Voluptas}} * [http://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Hedone.html Theoi Project - Hedone/Voluptas]
Category:Roman goddesses Category:Love and lust goddesses
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