Cythera

Cythera
   literary
   associated with copula-Aphrodite, the Greek Venus and goddess of tion love, was associated with Cyprus: Again from Aphrodite, this time with her
   The Burlington Arcade, which is a well- Cretan connections:
    known resort of Cyprians of the better sort. ... nor indeed were we long before we (Mayhew, 1862) finished our trip to Cythera. (Cleland, 1749)

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