Κυθηρία
Kuthēria

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-07-14
Primary meaning Venus
Literal translation From Cythera
Variants
Κυθηρία Kuthēria
Κυθερείη Kuthereiē poetic form
Κυθέρεια Kuthereia poetic form used by Dorotheus
Edited by
Venus planet

κόρην ἂν φράσσαιο καὶ ἠυκόμου Κυθερείης

‘You would declare (the prospects for) a wife (lit. “girl”) (from the Descendant) and the fair-haired one from Cythera (Venus)’

— Dorotheus 5.16.1–40

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 1st cent. CE?
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Κυθηρία (Lemma #2893). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2893/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Κυθηρία (Lemma #2893). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2893/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Κυθηρία (Lemma #2893). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2893/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) Κυθηρία (Lemma #2893), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2893/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2893,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Κυθηρία ({Lemma} #2893)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2893/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2893/},
}