Amathusia
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Amathusia or Amathuntia (Ancient Greek: Ἀμαθουσία or Ἀμαθουντία) was in Greek mythology a toponymic epithet of the goddess Aphrodite, which is derived from the city of Amathus in Cyprus, one of the most ancient seats of her worship. Her temple there remained famous in Roman times.[1][2][3][4][5]
Notes
- ^ Tacitus, Annals iii. 62
- ^ Ovid, Amores iii. 15. 15
- ^ Virgil, Cir. 242
- ^ Catullus, lxviii. 51
- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Amathusia". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 137. Archived from the original on 2005-07-29. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Amathusia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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