| If you know even a little about Cyprus or
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| | embodiment of female beauty anyway.
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| Greek mythology the chances are you will
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| | Amongst her many lovers (she was a bit of
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| have heard of the Goddess of love, beauty
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| | a girl) were Gods but she also took
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| and sexual rapture Athrodite. Legend
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| | mortal lovers too the most famous being
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| tells that she was the result of the
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| | Adonis.
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| castration of the God Uranus which was
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| | Some of her Sons are Eros, Anteros,
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| carried out by his son Cronus (perhaps it
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| | Hymenaios and Aeneas through her union
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| was the way those Gods raised their kids)
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| | with her Trojan lover Anchisess. What can
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| with a sickle. Owch! Anyway Cronus threw
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| | I say? It's a typical story of a
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| the severed genitals into the sea where
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| | beautiful woman wreaking havoc amongst
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| they foamed up which in turn gave birth
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| | the male population, causing wars and
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| to Aphrodite. The word "athros" or sea
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| | several spoilt dinners to boot. Her
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| foam giving rise to the translation
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| | festival was Aphrodisiac (now you know
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| Athrodite or deity of foam.
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| | where that comes from) which was
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| Anyways, Cyprus comes into the picture
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| | celerbrated in several places in Greece
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| because Aphrodite was carried by the sea
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| | including Athens and Corinth. Her
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| and came ashore on the Island and some
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| | priestesses where not prostitutes but
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| legends claim she rode on a giant clam
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| | sexual intercourse with them was
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| shell. In fact some Greek mythology refer
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| | considered a form of worship to the
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| to her as Cytherea or Kypros for this
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| | Goddess herself.
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| very reason.
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| | There you go then, now you can impress
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| Zeus (the top God) was worried that the
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| | all your friends or even fellow tourist
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| other Gods would fight over Aphrodite's
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| | with your factual knowledge of Aphrodite.
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| hand in marriage so he took the liberty
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| | When you visit Cyprus be sure to take a
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| of marring her of to Hephaestus the smith
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| | trip out to her alleged birth place a few
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| God. Boy was he knocked out? Scruffy old
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| | kilometers outside of Paphos. The view
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| black smith weds Goddess of love, beauty
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| | from the cliffs is indeed spectacular and
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| and sexual rapture! Had his boat come in
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| | there is a resturant bar with a great
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| or what?
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| | view point where you can relax with a
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| Hephaestus was over the moon and as a
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| | cool drink. You will see the "rock of
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| sign of his love for Aphrodite he used
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| | Aphrodite" itself just off the coast.
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| all his skills as a smith to fashion her
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| | The local legend states that if you swim
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| a beautiful bejeweled girdle with fine
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| | around the rock at midnight during the
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| gold filigree. He even wove magic into
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| | full moon Aphrodite will make you ten
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| the gold filigree which was a big mistake
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| | years younger if the exercise doesn't
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| on his part. The problem was that when
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| | kill you off first that is. Enjoy Cyprus
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| ever Aphrodite wore the girdle she would
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| | and don't forget to visit the rock of
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| become sexually irresistible bearing in
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| | Aphrodite.
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| mind that she was already the ultimate
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