place
Paphos
also: Πάφος
City on the southwest coast of Cyprus, site of the most celebrated sanctuary of Aphrodite in the Greek world; 'the Paphian' was the goddess herself.
Reading notes
- Fragments of Book One §35 Paphos
Seat of the most famous Aphrodite sanctuary in the Greek world, on the southwest coast of Cyprus; 'the Paphian' could stand for the goddess's own name.