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tlius\ Lapethos^, Soloe, Tamasos^ Epidamm, Chytri^ Arsi- 

 noe^ CarpasIum^ and Golgi'". The towns of Cinvri;, Ma- 

 rmm, and Ida mm « are no longer in existence. It 'is distant 

 from Anemurmm^ in Cilicia fifty miles ; the sea which runs 

 between the two shores being called the Channel of Cilicia^" 

 lu tlie same locality ^^ is the island of Eleusa^^ and the four 



by Teucer the son of Telamon, who gare it the name of his native land 

 from winch he had been banished bv his father 



its worXn'o/ln?"^ ^T'^lr ' ^^^^"^ '^' ^^^^^ ^°^^' ^^l^^^^ted for 

 StpXn,^ of Apln-odite or Venus. It was a Phanieian settlement, and 

 Stephanu caUs it the most ancient city in the island. It long presCd 

 Its oriental customs, and here the l>iai Hercules was worshipped u^er 

 3 P^h t^^:^'''' : Its site is now eaUed Lapitho ovL.Z 



3 Probably the same as the Temese of Homer. It was situate in a 

 fertile district m the middle of Cyprus, and m the neighborhood of ex^ 



Salami ""^"^ ^^^^"'' ^ ^""^ °^ ^^P""' °^ ^^' "°^^ ^'^^ Perinea to 

 « n ^^J^"'• ^^'^ ^ C^rus, near the Promontory of Acamas, formerly 

 mhabi ants to Paphos. The modern name of its site is Pohkrusoko or 

 thanTne'dt?^ r ''''^ "^" n'" '^^ -^gl^bourhood. There was more 

 lhZ7 ^f I' ''^^^ "^ ^'^'^'"'' '^^'^' ^'^' probably bestowed on 

 them durmg Its subjection to the princes of the hne of Lagus. Another 

 Arsmoe is placed near Ammochostus to the north of the=^island, and a 

 thud ot the same name appears in Strabo with a harbour temnle and 

 grove, between Old and New Paphos. ' ^ 



« Or Carpasia to the north-east of the island, facing the Promontory 

 of Sarpedon on the Cihcian coast. It was said to hav? been fo3ed bT 

 i^'^mahon, kmg of Tyre. Pococke speaks of remains at Carpas, the sit^ 

 ot this place, especiaUy a long waU and a pier. 



7 Or Golgos, famous for the worsliip of Aphrodite or Venus, which 

 had existed here even before its introduction at Paphos by Agapenor 

 Its position IS unknown. ^ 8«Fcuur. 



8 Or Idaha, adjoining to which was a forest sacred to Aphrodite The 

 poets, who connect this place with her worsliip, give us no indications 

 whatever of Its precise locality. Engel identifies it with the modem 



TIj ' "^ ^""/^'^ '°''^^' of Leucosia, at the foot of Mount Olympus. 

 iN ow Cape Anamur. "^ '■ 



!? 1^^°^ Cihcium," now the Sea of Caramania or Cyprus 

 ^J The Cihcian Sea, namely. ^^ 



'- There were several islands of this name. It is not improbable that 

 Plmy alludes to the one lying off the coast of Caria between the isle of 

 K nodes and the mainland, and which seems to be the island marked 

 Alessa m the maps. There was another of the same name close to the 

 snore ot Cihcia, afterwards knowm by the name of Scbaste. 

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