Venus rebounded in singles play in February at the Premier 5 ( formerly Tier I ) Dubai Tennis Championships, defeating defending champion and World No. 4 Dementieva in the quarterfinals and World No. 1 Serena in the semifinals on a third set tiebreak.

Those famous lines of the Greek Anthology with which a fading beauty dedicates her mirror at the shrine of a goddess reveal a wise attitude: `` Venus, take my votive glass, Since I am not what I was, What from this day I shall be, Venus, let me never see ''.

Steady radiation which was presumably of thermal origin was observed from Venus at 3.15 and 9.4 cm, and from Mars and Jupiter at 3.15 cm in 1956 ( Mayer, McCullough, and Sloanaker, 1958, A, B, C ), and from Saturn at 3.75 cm in 1957 ( Drake and Ewen, 1958 ).

In the relatively short time since these early observations, Venus has been observed at additional wave lengths in the range from 0.8 to 10.2 cm, and Jupiter has been observed over the wave-length range from 3.03 to 68 Aj.

Clockwise from upper left: a self-portrait from Vincent van Gogh, an African Chokwe people | Chokwe statue, detail from the The Birth of Venus ( Botticelli ) | Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli and a Japanese Shisa | Shisa lion

Since some of the Roman months were named in honor of divinities, and as April was sacred to the goddess Venus, the Festum Veneris et Fortunae Virilis being held on the first day, it has been suggested that Aprilis was originally her month Aphrilis, from her equivalent Greek goddess name Aphrodite ( Aphros ), or from the Etruscan name Apru.

This image of a fully mature " Venus rising from the sea " ( Venus Anadyomene ) was one of the iconic representations of Aphrodite, made famous in a much-admired painting by Apelles, now lost, but described in the Natural History of Pliny the Elder.

It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet ( Venus ).

Two, from the Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa ( compiled in Babylon around 1700 BCE ) are reported to have been made during the reign of king Sargon of Akkad ( 2334 – 2279 BCE ).

* Pictures of the cave where it is believed by Christians that Jesus was buried and from which it is believed he resurrected and a picture of the remains of the walls of the Temple of Venus previously constructed on that site by the Emperor Hadrian

Eta Bootis, or Muphrid, is only 3. 3 light years distant from Arcturus, and would have a visual magnitude-2½, whereas an observer on the former system would find Arcturus as bright as Venus as seen from Earth.

A statue of Venus was recovered from the tablinum of the House of Julia Felix, and another from an atrium at the garden at Via Dell ' Abbondanza.

* Linda Nagy, aka Ellen Troy, who has wetware in her brain, spines in her fingers ( for linking with computers ) and an antenna that lets her shut down machine remotely from the Venus Prime series by Arthur C. Clarke and Paul Preuss

In most of the Indian languages, Friday is Shukravar ( or a derived variation of Sukravar ), named for Shukra, the Sanskrit name of the planet Venus.

In the 15th century, his work was anticipated by Nilakantha Somayaji, an Indian astronomer of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics, who first presented a geoheliocentric system where all the planets ( Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn ) orbit the Sun, which in turn orbits the Earth.

After electing not to participate at the 2001 Indian Wells Masters, Capriati reached the final in Miami, losing to Venus Williams ( ranked number three in the world ) after having failed to convert on eight championship points.

Returning to his Algerian survey, he brought it to a conclusion in 1873, when he was elected to the Bureau des Longitudes and, in the following year, was sponsored by the Académie des sciences to observe the transit of Venus from St. Paul Island in the Indian Ocean.

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Since Björk wanted the album to sound like an Indian soundtrack, many tracks including " One Day ", " Come to Me " and the same " Venus as a Boy " features Indian instruments.

A less flattering review came from Rolling Stone reviewer Tom Graves, who discussed the singer's shift from rock to alternative music, commenting that the Indian orchestra in " Come to Me " and " Venus as a Boy " " more intrusive than galvanizing ".

By Indian claims the MV Venus Challenger was carrying ammunition for Pakistan from the United States forces in Saigon.

He anticipated " modern " fictional themes like voyages to the moon and Venus, extraterrestrial life and wars between planets, nearly two millennia before Jules Verne and H. G. Wells.

' Cupid and Psyche ' was the title of a ballet choreographed by Frederick Ashton with music by Lord Berners and decor by Sir Francis Rose, first performed by the Sadler's Wells Ballet ( now Royal Ballet ) on 27 April 1939, with Frank Staff as Cupid, Julia Farron as Psyche, Michael Somes as Pan and June Brae as Venus.

She is also mentioned in the Franz Ferdinand song " L. Wells ", the Cleaners From Venus song " Illya Kuryakin Looked at Me ", and the Television Personalities song, " Favourite Films ".

* In H. G. Wells ' The War of the Worlds ( 1898 ), the narrator states in the epilogue that he believes that the Martians may have landed on Venus after the failed invasion of Earth.

After Galileo's observation of the phases of Venus in 1610, most cosmological controversy then settled on variations of the Tychonic and Copernican systems.

There was some controversy about Hell's observations of the transit of Venus because he stayed in Norway for eight months, collecting non-astronomical scientific data about the arctic regions for a planned encyclopedia ( which never appeared, in part due to the suppression of the Jesuit order ).

* June 8 – Serena Williams defeats her sister Venus Williams in straight sets to win the 2002 French Open.

She defeated Venus and Serena Williams for the first time since 2000, which she said instilled belief in her that she could win more Grand Slam tournaments.

However, Venus teamed with Serena to win the doubles title at the event, completing a Career Grand Slam in women's doubles for the pair.

Venus also became only the sixth woman in history to win the singles titles at both Wimbledon and the US Open in consecutive years, the others being Martina Navrátilová ( twice ), Steffi Graf ( twice ), Althea Gibson, Maureen Connolly Brinker, and Helen Wills Moody ( twice ).

Venus and Serena teamed to win the women's doubles title at the event, their sixth Grand Slam title in women's doubles.

Venus and Serena then teamed to win the women's doubles title, their first Grand Slam doubles title together since 2003.

At the US Open, Williams was playing some of her best tennis since dominating the circuit in 2003, However, she was defeated in two tiebreaks by Serena in an epic quarter final match after Venus led 5 – 3 in both sets, and would later win the tournament.

The latter win meant that Venus led the head-to-head in career matches with her sister for the first time since 2002.

Dokic reached the final of the Open Gaz de France, where she was forced to hand a walkover to Venus Williams, after her first victory over Monica Seles a day earlier, due to a right thigh strain suffered in her win.

Before the tournament, Arcite prays to Mars that he win the battle ; Palamon prays to Venus that he marry Emilia ; Emilia prays to Diana that she be wed to the one who loves her best.

Spurned, Mars seeks the aid of the god of sport Euphron, brother of Venus, who creates the game of chess as a gift for Mars to win Caissa's favor.

The highlight of Myskina's 2004 season was a victory at the French Open, where she saved match points in the fourth round against Svetlana Kuznetsova, then defeated former world number 1 players Venus Williams and Jennifer Capriati, en route to a 6 – 1, 6 – 2 victory over compatriot Elena Dementieva in the first all-Russian Grand Slam final, thus making her the first female Russian to win a Grand Slam singles title.

Serena won the US Open in 1999 ; Venus beat Lindsay Davenport to win the 2000 Wimbledon title.

Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus to win her second Grand Slam title, her first French Open title and the first of four consecutive Grand Slams in what was called the " Serena Slam ".

Marat Safin won his first US Open title and first of two Grand Slams, defeating Pete Sampras in the final, and Venus Williams defeated Davenport to win the women's title.

The Golden Age Sivana was a twice-widowed father with four children: good-natured adult offspring Beautia ( first appearance: Whiz Comics # 3 ( April 1940 )) who when first seen is Empress of Venus and has bewitching beauty which affects men like a drug, which Sivana once used to try to make her win an election, and the Super-strong Magnificus ( first appearance: Whiz Comics # 15 ( March 1941 )), and evil teenagers Georgia ( first appearance: Mary Marvel Comics 1 ( January 1946 )) and Thaddeus Sivana, Jr. ( first appearance: Captain Marvel Adventures # 52 ( December 1945 )).

She won her first round match again, beating Jelena Janković 5 – 7, 6 – 1, 7 – 5 for her first top ten win since defeating Venus Williams at the 2009 French Open before losing in a close two-set match to Aravane Rezaï in the second round.

She won the title by defeating Ayumi Morita 7 – 6, 6 – 3, Melanie Oudin 7 – 5, 6 – 4, Jelena Janković 3 – 6, 7 – 6, 6 – 3, saving two match points in the second set, Samantha Stosur in the semifinals 6 – 3, 1 – 6, 6 – 1, and second seed Venus Williams in the finals 6 – 2, 5 – 7, 6 – 4, to win her second title of the year and fifth overall.

Peng finally recorded her first win of the year at the Tier 2 Bangalore Open against Anne Kremer before losing in three sets to Venus Williams, she also won the doubles title with Sun Tiantian.