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Natural PlacesSite Name: Petra Tou Romiou Alternative Name: Aphrodite's RockCountry: Cyprus
NOTE: This site is 18.345 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Paphos Nearest Village: Kouklia
Latitude: 34.664064N Longitude: 32.627077E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Mythical Birthplace of Aphrodite.
According to Greek legend, Aphrodite rose from the sea foam at this very place after her father, the old god Chronos, was emasculated by Zeus.
Aphrodite is also the Greek version of Babylonian Ishtar or Syrian Ashtarte, which Phoenician traders and sea-farers probably took to Cyprus from the nearby Lebanese coast on their trading voyages in the Bronze age. Corresponding statuettes were found at the nearby temple of Paphian Aphrodite. So in a roundabout way, Aphrodite did rise from the Sea Foam.
Local folk tales say that if you swin around the rock 3 times, it will improve your fertility and or love life.
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