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Cythera

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Cy·the·ra  (s-thîr, sthr-) also Kí·thi·ra (kth-rä)
An island of southern Greece in the Mediterranean Sea south of the Peloponnesus. Southernmost of the Ionian Islands, it was the chief center for the worship of Aphrodite.
Cythera [sɪˈθɪərə]
n
1. (Placename) a Greek island off the SE coast of the Peloponnese: in ancient times a centre of the worship of Aphrodite. Pop.: 3500 (latest est.). Area: about 285 sq. km (110 sq. miles)
2. (Placename) the chief town of this island, on the S coast. Pop.: 300 (latest est.) Modern Greek name Kíthira


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First she drew near holy Cythera, and from there, afterwards, she came to sea-girt Cyprus, and came forth an awful and lovely goddess, and grass grew up about her beneath her shapely feet.
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His face was wrinkled and his hair silvered; but an intelligent observer would have recognized at once the stigmata of passion and the furrows of pleasure which appeared in the crow's-feet and the marches-du-palais, so prized at the court of Cythera.
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He gave it to Amphidamas of Cythera to take to Scandea, and Amphidamas gave it as a guest-gift to Molus, who gave it to his son Meriones; and now it was set upon the head of Ulysses.
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