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AMATHUS (Ancient city) CYPRUS
Lycus (Lukos, Ptol. v. 14. § 2), a river of Cyprus, W. of Amathus. At a little
distance inland from Capo delle Gatte are some salt marshes, which receive an
arm of a river corresponding with the Lycus of Ptolemy. (Engel, Kypros, vol. i.
37.)
CYPRUS (Country) EUROPE
City in Cyprus.
Olympus (Olumpos, Strab. xiv. pp. 682, 683; Ptol. v. 14. § 5), a mountain range in the lofty island of Cyprus. On one of its eminences - breast-shaped (mastoeides) - was a temple to Aphrodite of the heights (akraia), into which women were not permitted to enter. (Strab. l. c.) This probably implies that all but the hierodulae were excluded. (Comp. Claudian, Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 49-85; Achill. Tat. vii. 13.) According to Pococke (Trav. vol. ii. p. 212; comp. Mariti, Viaggi, vol. i. p. 206), this part of the chain is now called Haghios Stavros, or Sta. Croce, from a convent dedicated to the Cross. (Engel, Kypros, vol. i. pp. 33-37).
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited August 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
PAPHOS (Ancient city) CYPRUS
Numenium (Noumenion, Stadiasm. 298), a small island with a spring of fresh water,
55 stadia from Paphos; perhaps the same as that described by Pliny ( contra Neampaphum
Hierocepia, v. 35). Strabo (xiv. pp. 683, 684) has an inland town Hierocepia.
CYPRUS (Country) EUROPE
Dades (Daides, Ptol. v. 14. § 2), a promontory on the S. coast of
Cyprus, W. of Thronoi, which D'Anville has identified with Kiti. (Engel, Kypros,
vol. i. p. 99.)
PAPHOS (Ancient city) CYPRUS
Treta (Treta, Strab. xiv. p. 683), in Cyprus, called Tritoi in the Stadiasmus
Maris Magni (p. 285, ed. Hoffmann), where it is placed 50 stadia from Palaepaphus
or Old Paphus, was apparently a promontory in the SW. of the island, and probably
the same as the one called Phrourion by Ptolemy (v. 14. § 2).
SOLOI (Ancient city) CYPRUS
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