Cyprus has no infrastructure and the
Aphrodite find was tiny compared to Zohr.
The feeling for the woman who will receive it will be unique, because her name will be that of the goddess
Aphrodite.
C yprus'
Aphrodite was first discovered in 2011, but production has been delayed since as stakeholders Noble Energy , Israel's Delek Drilling and Royal Dutch Shell renegotiate a production-sharing agreement with the government.
Aphrodite is the daughter of Uranus (which means "sky" in Greek), a Titan.
As the final preparations for the May 8 trilateral summit between the heads of state of Cyprus, Israel, and Greece were being laid out --the fourth such summit in just over two years, with so far, more words than actions--news broke that Cyprus and Israel might resort to international arbitration to resolve a dispute over
Aphrodite, a gas field located in the Cypriot Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), with a tip extending into the Israeli EEZ.
US energy firm Noble found an estimated 4.5tn cubic feet of natural gas in the
Aphrodite field in 2011, and in 2015 the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding company (EGAS) announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for natural gas imports with Noble.
Ancient commentators on the Knidian
Aphrodite were primarily concerned to explain her scandalous nudity, which elicited uncontrollable lust on the part of her male viewers.
River Island Wallis Jane Norman H and M Debenhams and
Aphrodite.
Now in operation for 20 years,
Aphrodite is set for significant expansion in its existing Derwent Street premises, close to the city's Bridges Shopping Centre.
Mahmoud al-Sayyed, an expert in ancient languages and inscriptions at the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums, says the name of
Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty in Greek mythology -- who was later worshiped by the Romans as Venus -- means the delighted flower.
AMATHOUS
APHRODITE CULTURAL ROUTEThe ancient city kingdom of Amathous on the Bay of Lemesos (Limassol) was probably founded by Greek Mycenaean settlers in the 12th to the 11th centuries BC and was one of the most important kingdoms where Kyprida
Aphrodite was celebrated.