Cytherean
Cytherean An alternative name for ‘venusian’. In Greek mythology, Cythera was an alternative name for Aphrodite, the goddess of love, identified with the Roman Venus. It is derived from Cythera, in Cyprus, near the place where, according to the legend, Aphrodite was born in the sea.
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by Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
THE LITERARY WORK
A tragic play set in Athens, Greece during an unspecified mythological time; published in… Anchises , Aeneas
Nationality/Culture
Greek/Roman
Pronunciation
i-NEE-uhs
Alternate Names
Appears In
Homer's Iliad, Virgil's Aeneid
Lineage
Son of Aphrodite and… Venus (mythology) , Venus
Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, played an important role in Roman mythology. She began as a minor agricultural deity of ancient Italy as…
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Cytherean