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Eryci'na

（Ἐρυκίνη), a surname of Aphrodite, derived from mount Eryx, in Sicily, where she had a famous temple, which was said to have been built by Eryx, a son of Aphrodite and the Sicilian king Butes. (Diod. 4.83.) Virgil (Aen. 5.760) makes Aeneias build the temple. Psophis, a daughter of Eryx, was believed to have founded a temple of Aphrodite Erycina, at Psophis, in Arcadia. (Paus. 8.24.3.) From Sicily the worship of Aphrodite (Venus) Erycina was introduced at Rome about the beginning of the second Punic war (Liv. 22.9, 10, 23.30, &c.), and in B. C. 181 a temple was built to her outside the Porta Collatina. (Liv. 40.34; Ov. Fast. 4.871, Rem. Amor. 549 ; Strab. vi. p.272; comp. Cic. in Verr. 4.8; Hor. Carm. 1.2.33; Ov. Ep. 15.57.)

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William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. London. John Murray: printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street. In the article on Soranus, we find: "at this present time (1848)" and this date seems to reflect the dates of works cited. 1873 - probably the printing date.

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