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===Old Paphos=== {{main|Kouklia}} Old Paphos (''Palaepaphos''), now known as [[Kouklia]] ({{langx|el|Κούκλια}}; {{langx|tr|Kukla}} or {{lang|tr|Konuklia}}; {{langx|fr|Covocle}}) (Engel, ''Kypros'', vol. i. p. 125), is on a hill<ref>The hill is ''celsa Paphos'' in ''Aeneid'' x. 51</ref> to the east of the modern city. It had a road which spanned a few miles to the sea. It was not far from the Zephyrium promontory <ref>(Strabo xiv. p. 683)</ref> and the mouth of the Bocarus stream.<ref>[[Hesychius of Alexandria|Hesychius]], under {{lang|grc|Βώκαρος}}</ref><!--Past tense; not the case anymore?--> Archaeology shows that Old Paphos has been inhabited since the [[Neolithic]] period. It was a centre for [[Aphrodite]]'s cult. Aphrodite's mythical birthplace was on the island. The [[founding myth]] is interwoven with the goddess such that Old Paphos became the most famous and important place for worshipping Aphrodite in the ancient world.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-03 |title=History of Paphos |url=https://www.alexander-patzer.de/entdecken-sie-die-magie-von-paphos-ein-umfassender-reisefuehrer-zu-geschichte-kultur-und-natur/ |access-date=2024-06-30 |language=de-DE}}</ref> The Greek names of two ancient kings, ''Etevandros'' and ''Akestor'', are attested in [[Cypriot syllabary]] on objects of seventh century BC found in Kourion.<ref>{{cite book|author=Terence Bruce Mitford|title=The Inscriptions of Kourion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LtgUj_mVjp8C|year=1971|publisher=American Philosophical Society|isbn=978-0-87169-083-8}}</ref>
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