Cythera

a Pleiades name resource

Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Jan 07, 2019 07:11 PM — History

Romanized Name(s):
Cythera

Name as attested:

Κύθηρα

Language:
Greek (ancient)

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

Paus. (Spiro: Perseus) 3.23.1

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 inset Cythera Ins.

Details:

K. Bender says:

Oct 26, 2012 04:04 PM

In Greek: Kythira (Κύθηρα), in French: Cythère; in German: Kythera; in Italian: Cerigo or Citera. Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cythera_%28island%29
For a full account about the worship of Aphrodite and her temple in Cythera, see Chapter VIII in 'L'Aphrodite grecque' by Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge, Centre International d'Etude de la Religion Grecque Antique, Athènes-Liège, 1994 (527 pp.).
For an illustrated account about the afterlife of Cythera in Western art (visual arts, literature, music) from the early 18th century onwards, see web page https://sites.google.com/site/venusiconography/home/connectivity-maps/watteau-s-embarquement-pour-cythere