Paphos

Paphos (ancient Greek Πάφος) is the namesake of the city of Paphos in Cyprus in Greek mythology.

She was (according to Ovid) the daughter of Pygmalion and his ivory statue animated by Aphrodite. [1] In this version, her name is also used to denote the entire island, not just the city. [2]

In the scholias of Pindar's second Pythian Ode she is referred to as the mother of Cinyras, with either Apollo or a Eurymedon being named as the father. [3]
literature

Ulrich Hoefer: Paphos 1. In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology. Volume 3.1, Leipzig 1902, column 1565 (digitized version).

Individual evidence
Ovid, Metamorphoses 10, 295-927.
Ovid, Metamorphosen 10, 297: de qua tenet insula nomen ("from which the island takes its name") and 10, 530: Paphon aequore cinctam ("Paphos surrounded by the sea")
Scholion to Pindar,Pythian Odes 2, 57.

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