January
20
/ 2018
The Roman weekday ‘dies Veneris’ was named after the planet Venus, which in turn took its name from Venus, goddess of love. The origins of our days of the week lie with the Romans. The Romans named their days of the week after the planets, which in turn were named after the Roman gods: dies Solis “the day of the sun (then considered a planet)” dies Lunae “the day of the moon” dies Martis, “the day of Mars” dies Mercurii, “the day of Mercury” dies Iovis, “the day of Jupiter” dies Veneris, “the day of Venus” dies Saturni, “the day of Saturn” When the Germanic-speaking peoples of western Europe adopted the seven-day week, which was probably in the early centuries
