(Nea) Paphos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D. Rupp
Creators: D. Rupp
Contributors:
DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, Anne User, Sean Gillies
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Last modified
Feb 23, 2025 09:24 PM
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History
The legendary birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite, (Nea) Paphos has been a center of activity since the Final Bronze Age when Mycenaeans honored the goddess there. The site was listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1980.
500 km
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707586
34.757212, 32.406593
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Less than certain: Erythra (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Less than certain: Erythrai (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Nea Paphos (550 BC - AD 640)
- Paphos (550 BC - AD 640)
- Sebaste Claudia Flavia Paphos (30 BC - AD 640)
- (Nea) Paphos connection Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
- House of Dionysos at Paphos part of (administrative) (Nea) Paphos (330 BC - AD 300)
- Tombs of the Kings located near (Nea) Paphos (330 BC - AD 300)
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 72 A3 (Nea) Paphos
- Cyprus: Tombs of the Kings
- EDH G004642: Nea Paphos – Kato Paphos
- ItMiller 829
- Kajzer 2023
- Maier 1984
- Młynarczyk 1985
- Młynarczyk 1990
- OEANE 2, 95 Cyprus
- OEANE Paphos
- ToposText Paphos (Cyprus)
- WHL 79: Paphos
- Wikipedia (English) Paphos
- Wikipedia (English) Tombs of the Kings (Paphos)
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 72 A3 (Nea) Paphos
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kato Paphos
D. Rupp, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, Anne User, and Sean Gillies, '(Nea) Paphos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707586> [accessed: 06 April 2025]
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