User blog comment:TheSonofNeptune/how is aeneas the son of venus?/@comment-4142691-20110916135016

Whether she's called Aphrodite or Venus she is still the same being, the view of different cultures on certain myths varies. Mostly making them look good and decent and negatively portraying others. Over time those myths change, many stories were verbally spread across the known world back then and since people like to impress others things quickly got blown out of proportions: names change, facts change, defeating an army of hundreds quickly becomes an armies of thousands for example. Aeneas and his mother are also a good example of this, Aphrodite in Greece, yet Venus in Rome while it's still the same goddess. Depending on where you are and which culture you are surrounded with will determine things like that.