Amathusia

Amathusia or Amathuntia (Gr. Ἀμαθουσία or Ἀμαθουντία) was in Greek mythology a toponymic epithet of the goddess Aphrodite, which is derived from the city of Amathus in Cyprus, one of the most ancient seats of her worship. Her temple there remained famous in Roman times.[1][2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ Tacitus, Annals iii. 62
  2. ^ Ovid, Amores iii. 15. 15
  3. ^ Virgil, Cir. 242
  4. ^ Catullus, lxviii. 51
  5. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Amathusia". In William Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 137. http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0146.html. 

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).