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Definition of Paphians

Paphian
Paphian Pa"phi*an, a. [L. Paphius, Gr. ?, from ? the city Paphos.] Of or pertaining to Paphos, an ancient city of Cyprus, having a celebrated temple of Venus; hence, pertaining to Venus, or her rites.
Paphian
Paphian Pa"phi*an, n. A native or inhabitant of Paphos.

Meaning of Paphians from wikipedia

- Cyprus. (Pausanias viii. 5. § 2.) An Agapenor was mentioned as king of the Paphians in a Gr**** distich preserved in the Analecta; and Herodotus (vii. 90) alludes...
- of ****us, High King of Mycenae [...], marched vengefully against the Paphians and Teleboans. [...] While he was away, his nephew King Amphitryon of Troezen...
- the native Athenians the Cecropian Minerva; the island-dwelling Cypriots Paphian Venus; the archer Cretans Dictynnan Diana; the triple-tongued Sicilians...
- first to establish a cult of Aphrodite were the ****yrians, followed by the Paphians of Cyprus and then the Phoenicians at Ascalon. The Phoenicians, in turn...
- men to establish her cult were the ****yrians, after the ****yrians the Paphians of Cyprus and the Phoenicians who live at Ascalon in Palestine; the Phoenicians...
- carved out of solid rock, and are thought to have been the burial sites of Paphian aristocrats and high officials up to the third century AD (the name comes...
- ἀμφίεσις amphiesis clothing, Hsch. ὑεστάκα huestaka) Φάπη Phapê Παφία Paphia (Paphian Aphrodite) Wiktionary has a category on Arcadocypriot Ancient Gr****. Hesychius...
- alongside the goddesses Aphrodite (called by the epithets Cythereia and Paphian), Leto, Artemis, Athena, Hebe and Hera. Harmonia, daughter of Aphrodite...
- different subtypes based on area: the "Common" and the South-Western or "Paphian". The script was deciphered in the 19th century by George Smith due to...
- having come to Cyprus from Cilicia, whence he introduced the worship of Paphian Aphrodite. The divination practices at the temple are said to have been...