Cythera

American  

[sith-er-uh, si-theer-uh] / ˈsɪθ ər ə, sɪˈθɪər ə /

noun

1. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, S of Peloponnesus: site of former ancient temple of Aphrodite. 108 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).

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Cythera British  

/ sɪˈθɪərə /

noun

1. 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)

2. the chief town of this island, on the S coast. Pop: 297 (2001)

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Example Sentences

Mentor, was delayed when the ship foundered off the Greek island of Cythera in 1802.

From New York Times

In a museum in the north however – the one in Lille I think, there must still be a marvel by him, far richer and certainly no less French than Watteau’s Departure for Cythera.

From The Guardian

Her first children’s book, “Sailing to Cythera: And Other Anatole Stories,” was published in 1974 after her son, James Lindbloom, was born.

From New York Times

He traversed Asia Minor and European Greece probably more than once; he visited all the most important islands of the Archipelago—Rhodes, Cyprus, Delos, Paros, Thasos, Samothrace, Crete, Samos, Cythera and Aegina.

From Project Gutenberg

Herodotus also tells us that the temple of Aphrodite Urania on the island of Cythera off the coast of Laconia was founded by the Phenicians, and Pausanias calls this temple the oldest and most sacred temple of Urania among the Hellenes; the wooden image in this temple exhibited the goddess in armour.

From Project Gutenberg