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Aphrodite Apaturia

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Apaturia. A surname of Aphrodite at Phanagoria and other places in the Taurian Chersonesus, where it originated, according fo tradition, in this way : Aphrodite was attacked by giants, and called Heracles to her assistance. He concealed himself with her in a cavern, and as the giants approached her one by one, she surrendered them to Heracles to kill them. (Strab. xi.; Steph. Byz. s. v. Apatouron)

A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith)
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