Amathusia

Or Amathuntia (Ἀμαθουντία), a surname of Aphrodite, which is derived from the town of Amathus in Cyprus, one of the most ancient seats of her worship.

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References

Sources

  • Catullus, lxviii, 51.
  • Cicero. Ciris, 242.
  • Ovid. Amores iii, 15. 15.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Tacitus. Annals, iii, 62.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.