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History of Cyprus more footnotes date January 2012 The town of Kition , now Larnaka , recorded part of the ancient history of Cyprus on a stele that commemorated an Neo Assyrian Empire Assyrian victory there in 709 BCE. Assyrian domination of Cyprus was short lived, however, and its city kingdoms soon gained independence once more. Following a brief period of Egyptian domination in the sixth century BCE, Cyprus fell under Persian Empire Persian rule. The Persians did not interfere in the internal affairs of Cyprus, leaving the city kingdoms to continue striking their own coins and waging war amongst one another, until the late fourth century BCE saw the overthrow of the Persian Empire by Alexander the Great . Alexander s conquests only served to accelerate an already clear drift towards Hellenistic period Hellenisation in Cyprus. His premature death led to a period of turmoil as Ptolemy I ... named Kition , near present day Larnaka , commemorates the victory of King Sargon II 721&ndash 05 BCE ... , Paphos , Kourion, Amathus and Kition on the coast, and Tamassos , Ledra i, Idalion and Chytroi ... a five month siege. Around 450 BCE, Kition annexed Idalion with Persian help. The importance of Kition .... Following resistance from the kings of Kition , Amathus and Soli, Cyprus Soli , who fled to the great ... alphabet to Cyprus. In other parts of the island, the Phoenician alphabet Phoenician script Kition or the Cypriot ... of Tamassos was then ruled by King Poumiathonta of Kition who had purchased it for 50 talents ... capitulated. Diodorus Siculus tells us that Amathus was forced to provide hostages, while Kition was laid ... in 312 BCE, captured and killed the king of Kition and arrested the pro Antigonid kings of Marion ... authority throughout eastern, central and northern Cyprus, since Kition and Lapithos were absorbed ... were now in Kition, and these vessels were added to the 140 triremes and pentireis and 200 military ... Zeno of Citium Zeno who was born at Kition about 336 BCE and founded the famous Stoic ... more details
Tarra or Tarrha lang el was an ancient city of western Crete , near Samaria Gorge , at Agia Roumeli village. It is near the sea, on the hill, on the left bank of the stream bank. It was probably established in the Classical period and was very important religious centre. The city flourished in the Greco Roman period. There was the cult of Apollo Tarraios. There were found parts of his temple. Tarra in frequently cited in the ancient sources. Although it was small town, Tarra had its own coins. The coins have the head of Cretan wild goat, arrow, and bee. Tarra had monetary union with Elyros , Yrtakina and Lissos . The coins belong to the 3rd and 2nd century BC, when Tarra became member of the Republic of Cretans. The city had established a colony of the same name in the Caucasus. It is also believed that Tarra of South Italy was another colony of the city. It probably founded Lampa Crete Lampa , also on Crete. In 1415, Buondelmonti detected in the ruins of the Temple of Apollo, an inscription in Greek that was saying Peel your shoes, cover your head and come in. A similar inscription was found at the Temple of Matala. The custom of entering the temple without shoes is ancient. Apollo, after the murder of Python, went to Tarra, where there were done purgatorial rituals by priest Karmanoras. According to Pausanias, Apollo in the house of Karmanor, Apollo made love with nymph Akakallidi . The nymph gave birth to twins, Phylakides, and Philanders. A goat fed them. Therefore, the Elyrians presented to Delphi bronze goat feeding to infants. In Tarra, there were glassworks workshops. It was the birthplace of the author Lucillus of Tarrha or Loukillos . He commented on the Argonautics by Apollonios of Rhodes . Chrysothemis, a lyre player, son of Karmanor, who won at the Pythian festival, was from Tarra as well. Tarra is one of the city that signed decree with Eumenes B in 170 BC. Robert Pashley was the first who detected the location of the city. In the area, there was ... more details
Kyrillos 1859 1933 , nicknamed Kyrilloudin small Kyrillos to differentiate from Kyrillos II , was the bishop of Kyrenia and later became the archbishop of the Cypriot Orthodox Church . Born in Prastio village of Mesaoria in 1859 he became monk at the age of 13 at St Panteleimon monastery in Myrtou village near Kyrenia. He studied philosophy and theology at the University of Athens . In 1895 he was elected Bishop of Kyrenia and after the Kyrillos II s death, he was elected Archbishop of Cyprus on November 11, 1916. Opponents of him in those elections were the Bishop of Larnaca Kition Meletios, the Bishop of Kykkos Kleopas and archimandrite Makarios Myriantheas, later known as Makarios II who became Archbishop of Cyprus years later. He was more moderate than his predecessor Kyrillos II and was accused of being too sympathetic to the British colonial rulers of Cyprus . He was also elected as one of the 6 Christian Legislators in the Cypriot Parliament. Archbishop Kyrillos died on November 16, 1933 of pleurisy . ref cite news first last coauthors title The Archbishop Of Cyprus Kyrillos III Obituaries date November 17, 1933 publisher url http archive.timesonline.co.uk work The Times Digital Archive pages 20 Issue 46604 col C accessdate 2008 06 24 language location London first1 Sam last1 Coates first2 Francis last2 Elliott first3 Roland last3 Watson ref In March 2010 his grave was vandalised. ref cite news first last coauthors authorlink title Tombs of Cypriot Archbishops vandalized, not robbed date Sunday Mar. 21, 2010 publisher The Associated Press url http www.ctv.ca servlet ArticleNews story CTVNews 20100321 cyprus graves 100321 20100321?hub TopStoriesV2&s name work CTV Television Network pages accessdate 2010 03 21 language ref References Reflist start box s rel succession box title List of Archbishops of Cyprus Archbishop of Cyprus before Kyrillos II after Archbishop Leontios of Cyprus Leontius years 1916 1933 end box Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . ... more details
other uses of Phoenicia Expand list date February 2011 Refimprove date August 2008 List of Phoenician city states and colonies This is a list of cities of Phoenicia proper, modern day Lebanon , coastal Syria and northern Israel Palestine and those cities founded or developed by the Phoenicians in the Levant Eastern Mediterranean area, North Africa, Europe, and the islands of the Mediterranean Sea . Levant Lebanon Tyre, Lebanon Sur One of the two leading city states of Phoenicia and the most important seaport Sidon Sydon One of the two leading city states of Phoenicia Enfeh Ampi Amioun Amia Arqa Baalbeck Batroun Botrys Beirut Berut Byblos Gebal One of the oldest sites of civilization Sarepta Tripoli Syria Arvad Ugarit Latakia also known by its Phoenician name was Ramitha Israel Palestine Acre, Israel Acre Ashkelon Eastern Mediterranean Turkey Myriandrus in modern day Turkey Zincirli Samal Cilicia in modern day Turkey. Fortress city protecting the trade route to Anatolia Karatepe Finike historically known as Phoenicus North Africa Algeria Tipasa Libya Oia Sabratha Leptis Magna major city on the Libyan coastline Morocco Lixus Mogador Tangier Tunisia Carthage the most powerful of the Phoenician settlements, eventually being destroyed by the Romans Utica, Tunisia Utica earliest settlement in Africa Hadrumetum Leptis Parva Thapsus Kerkouane Zama the last place Hannibal fought and the place where his first and only major defeat occurred Europe Elsewhere Cyprus Citium , also known as Kition France Marseille Italy Genoa Motya Soluntum Lilybaeum , also known as Marsala Nora, Italy Nora Sulcis Tharros Olbia Cagliari Palermo Spain C diz also known as Gades earliest Phoenician settlement in Spain Cartagena, Spain Cartagena the capital city founded by Hamilcar Barca of Carthage over his conquests over the Iberian tribes Almu car Trayamar Villaricos Abdera, Spain Abdera Malaga Huelva Ibiza Lixus Barcelona according to one legend another says it s Greek Huelva Lebrija San Roque, C ... more details
, according to H. de la Ville de Mirmont, Apollonios de Rhodes les Argonautiques traduction fran aise ... of the story regarding the heel of Achilles . ref Green, The Argonautika Apollonios Rhodios 2007 355 ... more details
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Lazarus , the Bishop of Kition, Herakleidios the Bishop of Tamasos, Avxivios the Bishop of Soloi ... Kyprianos, the three Bishops of Paphos, Kition and Kyrenia together with other leading ecclesiastics ... Nikodemos of Kition, and Makarios of Kyrenia were exiled, and restrictions were imposed on the election ... Archbishop. In 1950, Makarios III was elected Archbishop. While still Bishop of Kition he had ... were created the Bishopric of Limassol which was detached from the Bishopric of Kition, and the Bishopric ... 2006 Metropolis religious jurisdiction Metropolis of Kition and Exarchate of Larnaca and Lefkara ... more details
dablink This article is about the Greek mythological youth. For the yacht manufacturer, see Hylas Yachts . Image John William Waterhouse Hylas and the Nymphs 1896 .jpg thumb 330px Hylas and the Nymphs 1896 by John William Waterhouse In classical mythology , Hylas lang el was a youth who served as a companion of Heracles Roman Hercules . His abduction by water nymph s was a theme of ancient art, and has been an enduring subject for Western art in the classical tradition . Genealogy In Greek mythology , Hylas was the son of King Theiodamas of the Dryopia ns. Roman sources such as Ovid state that Hylas father was Hercules and his mother was the nymph Melite , or that his mother was the wife of Theiodamas, whose adulterous affair with Heracles caused the war between him and her husband. He gained his beauty from his divine mother and his military prowess from his demigod father. After Heracles killed Theiodamas in battle, he took on Hylas as arms bearer and taught him to be a warrior. The poet Theocritus about 300 BC wrote about the love between Hercules and Hylas We are not the first mortals to see beauty in what is beautiful. No, even Amphitryon s bronze hearted son, who defeated the savage Nemean lion , loved a boy charming Hylas, whose hair hung down in curls. And like a father with a dear son he taught him all the things which had made him a mighty man, and famous. ref For a perspective from gay literary history, see The World History of Male Love Greek Mythology , http www.gay art history.org gay history gay literature gay mythology folktales homosexual greek mythology hercules gay hylas gay hercules hylas gay.html Hercules and Hylas. See also Pederasty in ancient Greece on the historical social institution. ref Argonauts Heracles took Hylas with him on the Argo , making him one of the Argonauts . Hylas was kidnapped by nymphs of the spring of Pegae, Dryope , that fell in love with him in Mysia and vanished without a trace Apollonios Rhodios . This upset Hera ... more details
Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name The Fringe of the Unknown title orig translator image Image Fringe of the unknown.jpg 200px image caption Cover of The Fringe of the Unknown author L. Sprague de Camp illustrator cover artist country United States language English language English series subject Science publisher Prometheus Books release date 1983 english release date media type Print Hardcover Hardback pages 208 pp isbn 0 87975 217 3 oclc 221198761 preceded by followed by The Fringe of the Unknown is a science book by L. Sprague de Camp , first published in hardcover by Prometheus Books in 1983. ref isfdb title id 976405 title The Fringe of the Unknown ref The book is a collection of articles that constitute a study ... of controversial and often little known happenings in science and technology, with an emphasis on the wayward activities of those who dabble in fringe science. ref http www.prometheusbooks.com index.php?main page product info&cPath 37 67&products id 815 L. Sprague de Camp. The Fringe of the Unknown description of the work at the publisher s website ref The material is organized in three sections, Our Ingenious Forebears, Beasts of Now and Then, and Scientists, Mad and Otherwise. The first debunks extravagant occult and pseudoscientific claims regarding ancient civilizations while highlighting these cultures actual accomplishments. The second performs much the same function in regard to biology, focusing on elephants, claims regarding the survival of dinosaurs into the present day, and past extinction events. The third explores the distinction between science and pseudoscience as illustrated in the lives of a number of scientists holding extreme views. Contents Part I. Our Ingenious Forebears br 1. The Wisdom of the Ancients from Science Fiction Quarterly , Nov. 1951 br 2. Apollonios Enlists from Analog Science Fiction and Fact Astounding Science Fiction , Jun. 1961 br 3. Appius Claudius Crassus origina ... more details
Infobox church name Church of Saint Lazarus br image Cyprus lazarus church hg.jpg caption Saint Lazarus Church in Larnaca location Larnaca country Cyprus coordinates denomination Church of Cyprus website http www.ayioslazaros.org index.html founded date late 9th century dedication Lazarus of Bethany consecrated date status functional status heritage designation designated date architect style Byzantine architecture Byzantine , Gothic architecture Gothic , Baroque architecture Baroque , Rococo groundbreaking completed date parish deanery diocese priest coord 34 55 N 33 38 E region CY type city display title The Church of Saint Lazarus lang el , is a late 9th century Church building church in Larnaca , Cyprus . It belongs to the Church of Cyprus , an autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church . The Church of Saint Lazarus is named for New Testament figure Lazarus of Bethany , the subject of a miracle recounted in the Gospel of John , ref Bibleverse John 11 41 44 NIV ref in which Jesus raises him from the dead. According to Orthodox Church Orthodox tradition, sometime after the Resurrection of Christ , Lazarus was forced to flee Judea because of rumoured plots on his life and came to Cyprus. There he was appointed by Paul of Tarsus Paul and Barnabas as the first Bishop of Kittim present day Larnaca . He is said to have lived for thirty more years and on his death was buried there for the second and last time. ref name Michaelides Michaelides, M.G. Saint Lazarus, The Friend Of Christ And First Bishop Of Kition , Larnaca, Cyprus, 1984. Reprinted by Fr. Demetrios Serfes at http www.serfes.org lives stlazarus.htm St. Lazarus The Friend Of Christ And First Bishop Of Kition, Cyprus ref The Church of Ayios Lazaros was built over the reputed second tomb of Lazarus. An alternate Western tradition has Lazarus with his sisters Mary of Bethany Mary and Martha put out to sea in a boat without oars and landing in Provence , France . This al ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Image Makarios III and Robert F. Wagner NYWTS cropped.jpg thumb 180px Archbishop Makarios III of Cyprus. The Ecclesiastical coup is the name given to the events staged by three bishop s of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus against the President of the Republic of Cyprus , Archbishop Makarios III in the period from March 1972 to July 1973. Background At the session of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus held on March 2, 1972, Bishop Anthemos of Kition , Bishop Kyprianos of Kyrenia , and Bishop Gennadios of Paphos , Table verb tabled a Motion democracy motion proposing that Archbishop Makarios Makarios III resign the Presidents of Cyprus Presidency of the Republic of Cyprus . They held that the holding of secular office by a cleric was against the Canon law canons of the Church. The Synod released an announcement reporting the position of the bishops, and stating that the Archbishop would announce his response at a later time. Makarios issued his response on March 19. In it he accused the three bishops of having Cabal conspired among themselves and with other people outside the church, hinting at the Greek military junta of 1967 1974 Junta of the Colonels ruling Greece at the time, and at George Grivas , leader of the EOKA guerrilla organization, who had secretly returned to Cyprus. Makarios argued that the office of President of the Republic of Cyprus could not be called secular at a time when the Orthodox Greek Cypriot Greeks of Cyprus were struggling for their national survival, and that in the circumstances the holding of secular office did not confer on the Archbishop any personal reward, but was an onerous and bitter duty which he could not shirk. The bishops maintained their position and the crisis continued. It finally came to a climax after the unopposed re election of Makarios to the Presidency of the Republic of Cyprus on February 8, 1973. The three bishops summoned Makarios to account for himself before an extraordin ... more details
italic title Kypriaka Chronika lang el , Cypriot Chronicles was a historical periodical published in Cyprus in 1923 1937, containing details about all aspects of the history of the island. The magazine was established at a time when there were no other periodicals of any kind published in Cyprus, and was a brainchild of a diverse nucleus typical of any intellectual movement a cleric, a doctor, an industrialist and a professor. Origins The publication of Kypriaka Chronica started in January 1923 and was managed by a four member committee The Bishop of Kition Nikodemos Mylonas, prof Ioannis Antiphon Sykoutris, Loukis Z Pierides and Dr Neoclis Kyriazis . A preface quotation by former Governor of Cyprus, Claude Delaval Cobham stated that the aim was to collect and publish every fragment of written and traditionary lore which can throw light on the history of the Island . ref P. Stavrides. Neoklis G. Kyriazis and the publishing team of the magazine Kypriaka Chronica of Larnaca. Cyprus Today. Vol XLVII, number 2, 2009 p28 37 ref Several subject matters were considered for publication ref MG Michaelides. Neoklis G Kyriazis. Kypriakai Spoudai 1982, Nicosia ref Original dissertations on philology, history, archaeology, science, economics etc., always with a preference for those relating the most directly to Cyprus. Essays and translations of such dissertations with special reference to Cyprus. Unpublished manuscripts and documents of Cypriot history, inscriptions and other monuments of the past. Unpublished records of the life and language of the Cypriot people of today traditions, tales, songs, myths, toponyms and folk lore records of every kind. Book reviews and summaries of scientific and philological works, Greek or European. Contents The magazine was published in 13 annual volumes as there were no issues in 1928 and 1932. In total there were 4200 pages. Although the presentation of the material was not scientifically archived, the main aim of the magazi ... more details
associated with Cyprus , where he is said to have become the first bishop of Kition Larnaka , and Provence , where he is said to have been the first bishop of Marseille . Bishop of Kition According ... of Tarsus Paul and Barnabas as the first bishop of Kition present day Larnaka . He lived there for thirty ... Michaelides, M.G. Saint Lazarus, The Friend Of Christ And First Bishop Of Kition , Larnaca, Cyprus ... The Friend Of Christ And First Bishop Of Kition, Cyprus ref Further establishing the apostolic nature ... of Jerusalem &mdash during the period 325&ndash 413. The church of Kition was declared or confirmed ... more details
Infobox Writing system name Cypro Minoan type Syllabary status Extinct languages unknown fam1 Linear A children Cypriot syllabary time ca. 1550 1050 BC sample Enkomi.png imagesize 260px The Cypro Minoan syllabary abbreviated CM is an undeciphered syllabic script used on the island of Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age ca. 1550 1050 BC . The term Cypro Minoan was coined by Sir Arthur Evans in 1909 based on its visual similarity to Linear A on Minoan Crete, which CM is thought to be derived from. Approximately 250 objects bearing Cypro Minoan inscriptions have been found, including clay tablet s, votive stands, clay cylinders and clay balls. Discoveries have been made at various sites around Cyprus, as well as the ancient city of Ugarit on the Syrian coast. The inscriptions have been classified into four closely related groups by Emilia Masson ref Masson. ref archaic CM, CM1 also known as Linear C , CM2 and CM3, although some scholars disagree with this classification. ref name Palaima p. 121 Palaima p. 121. ref Little is known about how this script originated, or what language was used to write in CM. However, its use continued into the Early Iron Age, forming a link to the Cypriot syllabary , which reads as Greek and has been deciphered. Image Tablet cypro minoan 2 Louvre AM2336.jpg thumb right Cypro Minoan tablet from Enkomi in the Louvre . Artifacts Clay tablets The earliest known inscription in CM was a clay tablet discovered in 1955 at the ancient site of Enkomi , near the east coast of Cyprus. It was dated to ca. 1500 BC, and bore three lines of writing. ref Chadwick pp. 50 52. ref Other fragments of clay tablets have been found at Enkomi and Ugarit. Clay balls Dozens of small clay balls, each bearing 3 5 signs in CM1, have been uncovered at Enkomi and Kition. Image Clay ball cypro minoan Louvre AM2335.jpg thumb right Cypro Minoan clay ball in the Louvre . Clay cylinders Clay cylinder seals have been uncovered at Enkomi and Kalavassos Ayios Dimitrios, some of wh ... more details
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