@article{oai:kanagawa-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00013276,
 author = {鳥越, 輝昭},
 issue = {193},
 journal = {人文研究, Studies in humanities},
 month = {Dec},
 note = {I have considered the representations of Goddess Venus in wellknown texts from the third century BC to the fifteenth century AD, paying particular attention to those from the first century BC to the second century AD. Venus is a deity essentially so different from the Christian God that whether she is conspicuous in a Christian society can be a barometer to measure the strength of Christianity. Danteʼs Divine Comedy, in which the goddess is inconspicuous, is a reflection of the strength of Christianity, whereas the rebirth of the goddess after Poliziano and Botticelli is a reflection of the weakening of Christianity. Another interesting fact about Venus is that she acquired the power of guardianship over the state of Rome since the second Punic War, especially since the first century BC. The texts written around this period suggest that one cause of this addition was the legendary foundation of Rome by Aeneas, a son of Venus, and that another cause is her apparent support of Rome in the crisis of the Punic War. I have, however, as a cause for Venusʼ added power of the guardianship over Rome, laid particular emphasis on the succession to the name of “Caesar” by Octavius and later emperors of Rome and on the succession to the name of “Augustus” by Tiberius and later emperors. Their succession to the names of “Caesar” and “Augustus” was not a superficial assumption, but a substantial act of continuation. Octavius became another Caesar when he acquired the name, and Tiberius became another Caesar Augustus by acquiring these names. In relation to the succession to the name of “Caesar” by Octavius, we notice an interesting series of political manoeuvres surrounding the Goddess Venus by Julius Caesar and Octavius. Julius Caesar tried to strengthen his position by emphasizing his descent from the goddess. Octavius, in becoming “Julius Caesar” by the latterʼs adoption, could claim to his own descent from the goddess. Octaviusʼ establishment as the absolute ruler of the state also established the credibility of Julius Caesarʼs descent from Venus and the guardianship of this goddess over the state of Rome. During the Roman imperial period, the power of the emperor and that of the state were indistinguishable; this was also true during the time of Emperor Hadrian, who acquired the names of “Caesar” and “Augustus.” An interesting legacy of this indistinguishability is the Temple of Venus and Roma for the worship of both his ancestors and the Roman state.},
 pages = {33--73},
 title = {ヴィーナスの表象の変容、付加、消滅 －帝政期ローマからルネサンスへ－},
 year = {2017}
}