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Venus' sacred items were about the same as Aphrodite's had been. Roses, doves, seashells, swans, lettuce, and sea foam were all some of them. Lettuce was sacred because of Adonis. In the story, Venus and Proserpine both fell in love with him, for Adonis was extremely handsome. Adonis was born out of a tree, and Venus fell in love with the youth, possibly after being wounded by one of Eros' arrows. Venus sheltered Adonis as a new-born baby and entrusted him to Proserpine, who was also taken by Adonis' beauty and refused to give him back to Venus. The dispute between the two goddesses was settled by Jupiter. Adonis was to spend one-third of every year with each goddess and the last third with either, his choice. He chose to spend two-thirds
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