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Aphrodite

also: Cypris, Ἀφρόδιτα, Κύπρις

Goddess of love and desire, the divinity Sappho addresses more than any other. Called Cypris ('the lady of Cyprus') from the island of her birth-myth and chief cult.

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Mentioned in 3 works (7 mentions)

The Major Poems poem · 2 mentions
Fragments of Book One poem · 1 mention
Fragments of Uncertain Book, with the Epigrams and Dubia poem · 4 mentions

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