r/geography Oct 29 '24

What is the most interesting fact about Cyprus? Discussion

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u/QuietVisitor Oct 29 '24

After Aphrodite who legendarily washed ashore there amongst sea foam as her birth place.

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u/Bartek-BB Oct 29 '24

But let's not go into where this foam came from, according to the myths :p

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u/Defiant_Still_4333 Oct 29 '24

For those too lazy to Google, it's as bad as you thought...

Aphrodite was created from the foam of the sea caused by Cronus castrating his father Uranus and throwing his genitals into the water.

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u/getupforwhat Oct 29 '24

Uranus couldn't catch a break

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u/palmerry Oct 29 '24

"I see you're a eunuch so Imma get in Uranus I guess"

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u/AmeteurOpinions Oct 29 '24

Still realizing just how sanitized the Greek myths I was told as a kid were. Was there a story that wasn’t sex stuff? (something something the writer’s barely disguised fetish)

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u/OptimumOctopus Oct 29 '24

I guess the epitome of beauty resides in a titan’s nuggets. Who’da thunk

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u/Infrared_01 Oct 29 '24

I'm pretty sure Aphrodite washed ashore on the island Kythera