Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Paphos' has mentioned 'Goddess' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| In the founding myth, the town's name is linked to the goddess Aphrodite, as the eponymous Paphos was the son (or, in Ovid, daughter) of Pygmalion[6] whose ivory cult image of Aphrodite was brought to life by the goddess as "milk-white" Galatea. | WIKI |
| The daimon of the goddess entered into the statue, and the living Galatea bore Pygmalion a son, Paphos, and a daughter, Metharme. | WIKI |
| Cinyras, debated as to if he is the son of Paphos[8] or Metharme's suitor, founded the city under Aphrodite's patronage and built the great temple to the goddess there. | WIKI |
| The founding myth is interwoven with the goddess such that Old Paphos became the most famous and important place for worshipping Aphrodite in the ancient world. | WIKI |
| [9] Archaeology established that Cypriots venerated a fertility goddess in a cult that combined Aegean and eastern mainland aspects before the arrival of the Greeks. | WIKI |
| Under this name the historian included the ancient as well as the more modern city: and among other traits of the worship of the temple he records that the only image of the goddess was a pyramidal stone. | WIKI |
| Criterion (vi): The religious and cultural importance of the cult of Venus, a local fertility goddess of Paphos that became widely recognized and celebrated as a symbol of love and beauty, contributes to the Outstanding Universal Value of this property. | UNESCO |