Αdoption of the Euro Currency, Miniature Sheet, Joint Ιssue Cyprus - Malta
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Αdoption of the Euro Currency, Miniature Sheet, Joint Ιssue Cyprus - Malta
Description
Αphrodite (meaning sea born) Goddess of love is one of the twelve Gods in Greek mythology, but she is also Venus in Roman, and Anahid in Armenian mythologies. She is also known as Ishtar or Astarte, the sea-goddess, ruler of men and who has temples all along the Palestinian coast.
Aphrodite was also known as the Moon Goddess whose sacred bird was the sparrow. She was often involved in the lives of lesser gods and mortal men such as Paris whom she made to fall in love with Helen whose face launched a thousand ships and led to the Trojan war.
Pygmalion had fallen in love with Aphrodite and because she would not lie with him, his father made an ivory image of her and laid it in his bed, praying to her for pity. Entering into the image, Aphrodite brought it to life as Galatea who bore him Paphus and Metharme. Paphus was the father of Cinyras who founded the city of Pafos and built a famous temple to Aphrodite there. (Robert Graves, Greek Myths, page 200).
The cycle of Venus’ movement between the western and eastern horizons, as in the evening and morning star, is taken as a guarantee of the world’s continuing existence in time. (Richard Cavendish, Mythology, page 245).
Aphrodite was also known as the Moon Goddess whose sacred bird was the sparrow. She was often involved in the lives of lesser gods and mortal men such as Paris whom she made to fall in love with Helen whose face launched a thousand ships and led to the Trojan war.
Pygmalion had fallen in love with Aphrodite and because she would not lie with him, his father made an ivory image of her and laid it in his bed, praying to her for pity. Entering into the image, Aphrodite brought it to life as Galatea who bore him Paphus and Metharme. Paphus was the father of Cinyras who founded the city of Pafos and built a famous temple to Aphrodite there. (Robert Graves, Greek Myths, page 200).
The cycle of Venus’ movement between the western and eastern horizons, as in the evening and morning star, is taken as a guarantee of the world’s continuing existence in time. (Richard Cavendish, Mythology, page 245).
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Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
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Library of Cyprus University of Technology
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Designer: Melanie Efstathiadou
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Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.
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www.cypruspost.gov.cy
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jpg
Language
en
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Identifier
2008CS65, 2008CS66
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35.160417, 33.346556
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Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Αdoption of the Euro Currency, Miniature Sheet, Joint Ιssue Cyprus - Malta,” Αψίδα, accessed October 31, 2025, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/44170.