Paphos

[ pey-fos ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an ancient city in SW Cyprus.
Also Pa·phus [] Classical Mythology. the son of Pygmalion, who inherited the throne of Cyprus.

Paphos

/ ˈpafɒs /

a town in SW Cyprus, near the sites of two ancient cities: famous as the centre of Aphrodite worship and traditionally the place at which she landed after her birth among the waves. Pop: 53 060 (2001)

Paphos

/ ˈpeɪfɒs; ˈpeɪfəs /

Greek myth the son of Pygmalion and Galatea, who succeeded his father on the throne of Cyprus

Yet neither is it on the south, but the west, since it lies on the western side, where are situated Paphos and Acamas.

The next morning I reached Baffa (Paphos), a village not far distant from the site of the temple.

She went to Cyprus, to Paphos, where her precinct is and fragrant altar, and passed into her sweet-smelling temple.

All Paphos, to me, seemed to dance; for the little loves danced over my head, and the flowers danced under my feet.

Paphos is thine and Idalium, thine high Cythera; why meddlest thou with fierce spirits and a city big with war?

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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