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The Tombs of Kings in Paphos, southwest Cyprus. The tombs are a complex of burial chambers and vaults carved into the rock; they held the remains of nobles of the Ptolemaic period, when Paphos was the capital of Cyprus.

Resort town on the southwest coast of Cyprus; population (2001) 47,200. It was the capital of Cyprus in Roman times and the legendary birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite, who rose out of the sea. Archaeological remains include the 2,300-year-old underground ‘Tombs of the Kings’, a Roman villa, and a 7th-century Byzantine castle.



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She went to Cyprus, to Paphos, where her precinct is and fragrant altar, and passed into her sweet-smelling temple.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
Thereon he loosed the bonds that bound them, and as soon as they were free they scampered off, Mars to Thrace and laughter-loving Venus to Cyprus and to Paphos, where is her grove and her altar fragrant with burnt offerings.
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In their soft glances I see what men strove to realize in some Versailles, or Paphos, or Ctesiphon.
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