Paphian marriage : Paphia (Aphrodite) was the wife of Hephaestus, but she loved Ares to whom she bore Eros & Anteros. She also gave her favours to Anchises.
... moonlight dallies with a sleepy rose, Then come and call me gently twice and thrice, And I will answer you. Observe this well In that the harsh and beldam Law excludes Nature's sweet rites and Paphian marriage Unless her bleared eyes be privy too. MELANDER O love, have you forgot the long elapse And weary pomp of hours ere the sun That follows now a path sincere of foam Make sanguine shipwreck ...
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