Cytherea
Greek
"from the island of Cythera"Share
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Updated Thu Apr 18 2024
Cytherea Origin and Meaning
The name Cytherea is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "from the island of Cythera".
Cytherea, a place-name that is the home of Aphrodite, seems stuck in ancient Greece.
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Famous People Named Cytherea
- Cytherea (born Cassieardolla Story)American adult film actress
Cytherea in Pop Culture
- Cytherea Grayeheroine of Thomas Hardy's "Desperate Remedies" (1871)
- "I had seen her name on a bag at the station and wondered what she would be like – Cytherea! A lovely nameanyhow." [H. G. Wells, "Brynhild," 1937]
- Epithet of Aphroditetaken from the name of the island Cythera, which was sacred to her.
- "The Embarkation for Cythera" a Rococo painting by Watteau.
- Cythareathe spelling used by 17th,century poet Anne Finch
- Possibly related to the French name Quitterie. Saint Quiteria is sometimes depicted as a swordwielding guerrilla fighter.