Paphos
place · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
in the texts
Protrepticus
Cypriot city, site of Aphrodite's sanctuary which doubles as Cinyras's family tomb.
And Ptolemy son of Agesarchus, in the first book of his work about Philopator, says that at Paphos, in the sanctuary of Aphrodite, Cinyras and his descendants are buried.
Odyssey
Sacred site on Cyprus holding Aphrodite's grove and altar, where the Graces restore her beauty.
Thereon he loosed the bonds that bound them, and as soon as they were free they scampered off, Ares to Thrace and laughter-loving Aphrodite to Cyprus and to Paphos, where is her grove and her altar fragrant with burnt offerings.
Hymn 5 to Aphrodite
Paphos is the site of Aphrodite's precinct, fragrant altar, and temple.
She went to Cyprus, to Paphos, where her precinct is and fragrant altar, and passed into her sweet-smelling temple.