Ancient Cyprus

Cypriot syllabary writing system

ancient Greek dialect spoken in Arcadia in the central Peloponnese and in Cyprus

ancient Greek merchant ship wreck

thumb|300px|right|The world as known to the Hebrews (1854 construction) Kittim was a settlement in present-day Larnaca on the east coast of Cyprus, known in ancient times as Kition. On this basis, the whole island became known as "Kittim" in Hebrew, including the Hebrew Bible. However the name seems to have been employed with some flexibility in Hebrew literature. It was often applied to the Aegean Islands and even to "the W[est] in general, but esp[ecially] the seafaring W[est]". Flavius Josephus () records in his Antiquities of the Jews that

thumb|right|150px|Herma|Herm of Aphroditus at the [[Nationalmuseum in Stockholm]] thumb|right|150px|Greek terracotta figurines|Greek terracotta figurine, late 4th century BCE, [[National Museum of Magna Grecia]] thumb|right|150px|Bronze statuette, [[Roman imperial, 1st-3rd century CE, British Museum]]

5th-century Ancient Greek tablet written in the Cypriot syllabary

thumb|right|210px|The temple of Apollo at Kourion

Sarcophagus from Ancient Cyprus