TRE´MITHUS
TRE´MITHUS (
Τρεμιθοῦς,
Steph. B. sub voce Τρεμηθοῦς,
Ptol. 5.14.6;
Τρίμυθος, Constant.
de Them. 1.15, p. 39, ed. Bonn;
Τρευιθούντων, Hierocl. p. 707: Eth.
Τοευιθούσιος, Eth.
Τοευιθοπολίτης), a town in the interior of Cyprus, was the seat of a bishopric and a place of some importance in the Byzantine times.
According to the Peutinger Table it was 18 miles from Salamis, 24 from Citium, and 24 from Tamassus. Stephanus B. calls it a village of Cyprus, and derives its name from the turpentine trees (
τερέβινθοι) which grew in its neighbourhood. (Engel,
Kypros, vol. i. p. 148.)
