Κυθηρία

Kuthēria
Greek · noun
variants Κυθερείη : Kuthereiē , Κυθέρεια : Kuthereia
Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2025-07-14

Meanings
Literal translation
From Cythera
Categories
planet
Related Lemmata 12

1. Venus

1.a 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: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2893,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Κυθηρία ({Lemma} #2893)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2893/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2893/},
}