Amathu'sia
or AMATHU'NTIA (
Ἀμαθουσία or
Ἀμαθουντία), a surname of Aphrodite, which is derived from the town of Amathus in Cyprus, one of the most ancient seats of her worship. (Tac.
Annal. 3.62; Ov.
Amor. 3.15. 15; Virg.
Cir. 242; Catull. Ixviii. 51.)
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