Note 607 — Chapter IX · THE SWORD IN KHITA-LAND, PALESTINE AND CANAAN; PHŒNICIA AND CARTHAGE; JEWRY, CYPRUS, TROY, AND ETRURIA.
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The Cyprian Venus was worshipped in the form of an Umbilicus or Meta, according to Servius (ad Æn. i. 724). Others compare it with a pyramid.