Ah... Actually, I thought it was a book at first. ( #Confession time. ) Classical mythology, actually.

( He'll explain his reasoning, )

The goddess, Venus, is some times said to be the daughter of the Titan of Time, Krono. She was born from the sea as a grown woman and was unhappily married to the God of the Forge, Vulcan. She regularly had affairs with the God of War, Mars, and had several children that might be related to the last line but...

I checked the shelf in the library but found nothing there.