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| 105. Kittim, - Cyprus. View from Larneca. 1836. 15x10 cms. Steel engraving without text on verso drawn by J. D. Harding from a sketch by Las Casas and engraved by W. Finden. " Citium was famous as the birth place of Apollonius, one of the most distinguished disciples of Hippocrates; and also of Zeno who, originally a Phoenician merchant, betook himself to the study of philosophy and became the founder of the Stoics. At the siege of Citium, Cimon, the son of Miltiades, received the wound of which he died. Plutarch informs us, that it was with a sword presented to him by the king of Citium that Alexander conducted his war against Darius to a victorious termination...... Our view of Larneca is taken from the house of the Venetian consul. We have another view of this beautiful island in the Levant (n.b. my page 99) which is also memorable as having been visited by the Apostle Paul, in company with Barnabas who was a Cypriote by birth, and is said to have suffered martyrdom in his native island" Rev. J. Wilson 1838. Price: CyP 55.00 |
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