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| | Ancient History of Cyprus |
 | | Bronze Cow, Vouni, 5th Century BC The Greek alphabet was introduced by Evagoras I. of Salamis, in other parts of the island, the Phoenician script (Kition) or the Cypriot syllabic alphabet was still used, either for inscriptions in Greek (Arcadic) or in the so called Eteo-Cypriot language (Amathus). |
 | | 1310 BC Kinyras Sandocou, having married Metharme, daughter of Pygmalion, becomes king of Cyprus and begets Oxyporus and Adonis, and the daughters, Orsedice, Laogore and Braesia. |
 | | c.1000-600 BC Euclus foretells of the birth of Homer to Themisto, a native of Salamis. |
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