Cyprus is an island in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, and the legendary birthplace of the goddess of beauty and love, Aphrodite (Kypris in Cyprian). The goddess was said to have emerged fully grown from a foaming sea, and ancient portraits depict her posing on a giant scallop. The goddess is recognised nowadays by “Anthestiria” or spring flower festivals, which celebrate spring and the rebirth of nature. Parades of people carry fresh flowers in the south west city of [...]