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τὸ πεδίον. This plain stretches right along Cyprus from east to west, separating the mountain masses of the south-west from the range along the north coast. There is but a low watershed between the larger eastern part in which Salamis stood and the northwestern portion round the Bay of Soli.

οἱ βασιλέες: cf. 113. 2; but τύραννοι, 109, 113. 1. There were nine hereditary princes (Diod. xvi. 42), one in each of the cities named in ch. 104 n.

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