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Acida'lia

a surname of Venus (Verg. A. 1.720), which according to Servius was derived from the well Acidalius near Orchomenos, in which Venus used to bathe with the Graces; others connect the name with the Greek ἄκιδες, i. e. cares or troubles.

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