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Cythera
[ sith-er-uh, si-theer-uh ]
noun
- a Greek island in the Mediterranean, S of Peloponnesus: site of former ancient temple of Aphrodite. 108 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).
Cythera
/ sɪˈθɪərə /
noun
- a Greek island off the SE coast of the Peloponnese: in ancient times a centre of the worship of Aphrodite. Pop: 3354 (2001). Area: about 285 sq km (110 sq miles)
- the chief town of this island, on the S coast. Pop: 297 (2001)
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First, she drew nigh divine Cythera, and thence came next to wave-washed Cyprus.
We see, in drawings emblematical of the musical art, a Cicada resting on strings of a cythera.
Were his sensations awake, and had they fired his imagination, to carry her to Cythera, and keep her hidden there?
Another eclipse is mentioned by Thucydides in connection with an expedition of the Athenians against Cythera.
Wafted by the soft and balmy breezes, she floated on to Cythera, and was thence transported to the island of Cyprus.
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