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Cicero’s Tusculan Disputations

BOOK III
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The fifth, who is supposed to have instituted the Trieterides, was the son of Nysus and Thyone.
The first Venus, who has a temple at Elis, was the daughter of Coelus and Dies.

The second arose out of the froth of the sea, and became, by Mercury, the mother of the second Cupid.

The third, the daughter of Jupiter and Diana, was married to Vulcan, but is said to have had Anteros by Mars.

The fourth was a Syrian, born of Tyro, who is called Astarte, and is said to have been married to Adonis.

I have already mentioned one Minerva, mother of Apollo.


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