Aracynthias

A surname of Aphrodite, derived from Mount Aracynthus, the position of which is a matter of uncertainty, and on which she had a temple.

❧

References

Sources

  • Rhianus, on Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Ἀράκυνθος.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

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