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Cytherea

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Cyth·e·re·a  (sth-r)
n. Greek Mythology
See Aphrodite.
Cytherea [ˌsɪθəˈriːə]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) another name for Aphrodite (Venus)
Cytherean  adj
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Noun1.Cytherea - goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythologyCytherea - goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus
Aphrodite
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Her gods and men call Aphrodite, and the foam-born goddess and rich-crowned Cytherea, because she grew amid the foam, and Cytherea because she reached Cythera, and Cyprogenes because she was born in billowy Cyprus, and Philommedes (9) because sprang from the members.
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