No. Janus existed outside the Olympian pantheon because he was not "borrowed" from the Greek religion. Janus was a god of the Latins, and was considered by them to be the first King of Latium (much like Osiris was the first king of Egypt).
When Saturnus was dethroned and exiled by Jupiter, Janus accepted him hospitably and shared his kingdom with the new god.
No. Janus existed outside the Olympian pantheon because he was not "borrowed" from the Greek religion. Janus was a god of the Latins, and was considered by them to be the first King of Latium (much like Osiris was the first king of Egypt).
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In the Roman pantheon, he was with Venilia, the father of the nymph Canens. Canens was loved by Picus: with him she had, Faunus.
Janus is also reported to have raped the nymph Crane Grane or Carna, whom he then made the goddess of hinges as Cardea.
Crane is a nymph of the sacred wood of Helernus: Helernus was a god of vegetation.
Janus was supposed to have shared a kingdom with Camese in Latium, on a place then named Camesene. In the Fasti Ovid relates only the myths that associate Janus to Saturn, whom he welcomed as a guest and with whom eventually shared his kingdom in reward of his teaching the art of agriculture.
In Macrobius Camese is a male: after Camese's death Janus reigned alone. However Greek authors make of Camese Janus's sister and spouse: Janus fathered with his sister Camese a son named Aithex and a daughter named Olistene. Servius Danielis states Tiber (i. e. Tiberinus) was their son.
Fontus was the son of Janus and Juturna. Though it is widely believed that these stories relate to Janus as a person and king, and not specifically as a god.
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