PAPHOS (anc. geog.) two adjoining islands on the west side of the island of Cyprus; the one called Pale Paphos, (Strabo, Ptolemy, Pliny); the other Nea Paphos; and when mentioned without an adjunct, this latter is always understood. Both dedicated to Venus, and left undistinguished by the poets, (Virgil, Horace). Hence Venus is surnamed Paphia; Paphii the people, (Coins, Stephanus). It was restored by Augustus, after a shock of an earthquake, and called Augusta, (Dio).