Cytherea
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A Greek goddess of love and beauty who people worship on the island of Cythera
- proper noun
- /sɪˈθɪəriə/
- Literature
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- Cytherea is often depicted as the embodiment of love and beauty in ancient myths.
Examples
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Many festivals in ancient Greece were dedicated to honoring Cytherea, the goddess of love.
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Mr. Goldwyn had kept the Technicolor lab producing prints for him since at least as far back as 1924, with two color sequences for Cytherea.
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In art, Cytherea is frequently shown rising from the sea, symbolizing her origin.
Synonyms
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A Greek goddess of love and beauty in ancient stories
refers specifically to that goddess as worshipped on a specific Greek island
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A Roman goddess of love and beauty
acts as the Roman equivalent while the key name highlights island worship
Surface Forms
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Etymology
The word Cytherea comes from the Greek island Cythera, where people long ago worshipped Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. So Cytherea is a local name for Aphrodite, a reminder of her island temple and the famous story of her birth from the sea.