Cytherea

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The goddess Aphrodite. Greek

    "Has Fashion iced that snowy breast / Where Cytherea's doves might rest, / Till sighs of Songland, sore distrest, / Its feelings may not harrow?"

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aphrodite

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"But crafty Cytherea planned meanwhile / new arts, new schemes: that Cupid should conspire, / in likeness of Ascanius, to beguile / the queen with gifts, and kindle fierce desire, / and turn the marrow of her bones to fire."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κυθέρεια (Kuthéreia), via Latin Cytherea.

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