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Cyprus (island)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: D. Rupp

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Apr 13, 2017 07:38 AM — History

Third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707498

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
35.0346698679, 33.2612088487

Locations:

None

Names:

Cyprus (English, modern)
Insvla Cypros (Insula Cypros: Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)

Cyprus (island) makes connections with:

Cyprus (island) connection Cilicius Aulon (unspecified date range)
Cyprus (island) connection Internum Mare (unspecified date range)
Cyprus (island) connection Phoenicium Mare (unspecified date range)

Cyprus (island) receives connections from:

Kalavasos Ayios Dhimitrios connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Aetokremnos connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Cyprus connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Panagia Aggeloktisti connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Enkomi connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Kissonerga-Skalia connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Pano Mantilaris part of (physical/topographic) Cyprus (island) (1600 BC - 1200 BC)
Paliotaverna part of (regional) Cyprus (island) (1600 BC - 1200 BC)
Ag. Eirini part of (physical/topographic) Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Pigades part of (physical/topographic) Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Olympos (mountain on Cyprus) connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Achaion Akte connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Ag. Mavri connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Ag. Theodoros connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Akamas Pr. connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Alampria? connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Amathous connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Ammos tou Kampouri connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
(A)Nogyra connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Aphrodision connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Aphrodite Akraia, T. connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Aphrodite Golgia, T. connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Aphrodite Paphia, T. connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Apollo Alasiotas, T. connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Apollo Hylates, T. connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Apollo Mageirios, T. connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Apollo Melanthios, T. connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Arsinoe connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Arsinoe? connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Asprogia connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Baal-Hamman, T. connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Chyt(h)roi connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Davlos connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Dreamer’s Bay connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Drepanon Pr. connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Drepanon? connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Drousha connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Ellinospilios connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Galounia connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Geronisos connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Golgoi connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Gy(...)? connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Hierokepis connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Idalion connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Kalogiannis connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Kapsalaes connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Karpasia connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Kellarka connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Kelliake? connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
Keryn(e)ia/Keraunia connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)

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Place type:
island

References:

Evidence:

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Related:

TM GEO ID 528

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 72 C2 Cyprus Ins.

Details:

Two ranges, the Trogodos and Kyrenia Mountains, and a central plain are the major physical features of Cyprus. Human settlement is dated to 10,000 BC. Mycenaean Greeks, Syrians, and Phoenicians established settlements prior to the Classical period.

The later Roman province of Cyprus is a separate place.

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Suggested citation:
D. Rupp, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Cyprus (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2017 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707498> [accessed: 19 November 2018]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707498 |title=Places: 707498 (Cyprus (island)) |author=Rupp, D. |accessdate=November 19, 2018 12:33 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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