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===Pre-Roman=== {{main|Lapathus (Cyprus){{!}}Lapathus}} Strabo wrote that Lapethos is a 'construction of the Laconians and of Praxandros'. The philosopher [[Alexander of Ephesus]] called it "Imeroessa", meaning "attractive" and "passion-arousing".<ref name=historycy/> Lapithos is usually referred in archaeological literature as a [[Laconia]]n colony built after the [[Trojan War]], by Praxandros, its first king. However, findings from excavations i.e. pots and pottery wheels date back its existence as early as 3000 BC. According to [[Diodoros of Sicily]], who wrote in the 4th century BC, Lapithos was one of the nine kingdoms of Cyprus.<ref name=historycy/> Peisistratos, king of Lapithos, with his flotilla, together with [[Nicocreon]] of Salamis and [[Stasanor]] of Curion, came to the aid of [[Alexander the Great]], helping him to capture [[Tyre (Lebanon)|Tyre]] in [[Phoenicia]]. For this reason Alexander, the victorious army commander, declared Cyprus free from the [[Persian Empire|Persians]]. The last king of Lapethos was Praxippos.<ref name=historycy/>
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