Cytherea refer to:
* Cytherea, or
Aphrodite
Aphrodite (, ) is an Greek mythology, ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, procreation, and as her syncretism, syncretised Roman counterpart , desire, Sexual intercourse, sex, fertility, prosperity, and ...
, a goddess in Greek mythology
Arts and entertainment
*
Cytherea (actress) (born 1981), an American pornographic film actress
*
''Cytherea'' (film), a 1924 lost silent film based on the Joseph Hergesheimer novel
* ''Cytherea, Goddess of Love'', a 1922 novel by
Joseph Hergesheimer
Joseph Hergesheimer () (February 15, 1880 – April 25, 1954) was an American writer of the early 20th century known for his novels of decadent life among the wealthy.
Early life
Hergesheimer was born on February 15, 1880, in Philadelphia, Penn ...
Biology
*
''Cytherea'' (fly), a genus of bee flies (Bombyliidae)
* ''
Cytherea chione'', or ''Callista chione'', the smooth clam
* ''
Cytherea multistriata'', or ''Notocallista multistriata'', a marine bivalve mollusc
* ''
Acropora cytherea'', a species of coral
* ''Cytherea'', a synonym for the orchid genus ''
Calypso''
See also
*
Cythera (disambiguation)
* "
Cytherean
Cytherean is an adjective literally meaning ''of Cythera'' (Latin ''Cytherēa'', from the Greek adjective Κυθέρεια ''Kythereia'', from Κύθηρα ''Kythēra'' 'Cythera'). Cythera is a small Greek island, southeast of the Peloponn ...
", a term referring to Cythera or Venus
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