CU´RIUM
CU´RIUM (
Κούριον,
Ptol. 5.14.2;
Steph. B. sub voce Hierocl.; Curias,
Plin. Nat. 5.13: Eth.
Κουριεύς:
Piscopia), a city of Cyprus, situated to the W. of the river Lycus, 16 M. P. from Amathus. (
Peut. Tab.) It was said to have been founded by the Argives. (
Hdt. 5.113;
Strab. xiv. p.683.) Stesenor, its sovereign, betrayed the cause of his country during the war against the Persians. (Herod.
l.c.) Near the town was a Cape (
Φρούριον, Ptol. 5.14.2:
Capo Bianco), from which sacrilegious offenders who had dared to touch the altar of Apollo were thrown into the sea. (Strab.
l.c.) The ruins of a town supposed to represent this have been found, near
Piscopia, one of the most fertile spots in the island. (Pococke,
Trav. vol. ii. p. 329; Engel,
Kypros, vol. i. p. 118.)
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