Paphia

(Παφία,), a surname of Aphrodite, derived from the celebrated temple of the goddess at Paphos in Cyprus. A statue of Aphrodite Paphia also stood in the sanctuary of Ino, between Oetvlus and Thalamae in Laconia. (Paus. 3.36 ; Tac. Hist. 2.2; Hom. Hymn. in Ven. 59; Apollod. 3.14.2; Strab. xiv. p.683.) [L.S]