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The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the Learned of Athenæus, Vol. 1 (of 3)

Note 500:1 — BOOK VII. (continued 2)

Charles Duke Yonge translation

Venus Zephyritis was the name under which Arsinoe was worshipped; and the next line refers to the custom of the maidens on the occasion of their marriage making a sportive offering of their toys to Venus. Arsinoe was the wife and sister of Ptolemy Philadelphus.

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