Aphētæ, a city of Magnesia, where the ship Argo was launched. Apollodorus.
Aphīdas, a son of Arcas king of Arcadia. Pausanias, bk. 8.
Aphidna, a part of Attica, which received its name from Aphidnus, one of the companions of Theseus. Herodotus.
Aphidnus, a friend of Æneas, killed by Turnus. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 9, li. 702.
Aphœbētus, one of the conspirators against Alexander. Curtius, bk. 6, ch. 7.
Aphrīces, an Indian prince, who defended the rock Aornus, with 20,000 foot and 15 elephants. He was killed by his troops, and his head sent to Alexander.
Aphrodisia, an island in the Persian gulf, where Venus is worshipped.——Festivals in honour of Venus, celebrated in different parts of Greece, but chiefly in Cyprus. They were first instituted by Cinyras, from whose family the priests of the goddess were always chosen. All those that were initiated offered a piece of money to Venus as a harlot, and received as a mark of the favours of the goddess, a measure of salt and a θαλλος; the salt, because Venus arose from the sea; the θαλλος, because she is the goddess of wantonness. They were celebrated at Corinth by harlots, and in every part of Greece they were very much frequented. Strabo, bk. 14.—Athenæus.
Aphrodisias, a town of Caria, sacred to Venus. Tacitus, Annals, bk. 3, ch. 62.
Aphrodisium (or a), a town of Apulia, built by Diomede in honour of Venus.
Aphrodīsum, a city on the eastern parts of Cyprus, nine miles from Salamis.——A promontory with an island of the same name on the coast of Spain. Pliny, bk. 3, ch. 3.