Acidalia In Greek and Roman mythology, name given to Aphrodite (Venus), goddess of love, after she had washed in the same fountain as the Graces in Boeotia, a district in central Greece bordering on Attica. Both Vergil’s Aeneid (book 1) and Ovid’s Fasti (book 5) mention Acidalia.

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Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by Anthony S. Mercatante & James R. Dow – Copyright © 2009 by Anthony S. Mercatante