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Cytherea
An epithet of Venus, from the island of Cythera off the Laconian coast where she was said to have risen from the sea. Sulpicia invokes her as the divine patron who granted her wish.
Reading notes
- The Elegies §13 Cytherea
Epithet of Venus, goddess of love, derived from the island of Cythera (off the Laconian coast) where she was said to have emerged from the sea. Used here as a personal invocation by Sulpicia, the divine patron who granted her wish.