Nea Paphos III, Nea Paphos in the Hellenistic Period

Varsovie: Editions Geologiques, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 30,5x21 cm. ISBN: 83-01-08389-1 Description: 269 pages (30,5x21cm), hardback (cloth+dustjacket), 32 text figures, 78 pho Condition: very good Weight: 1060g. Preface by Wiktor A. DASZEWSKI Abbreviations Introduction Chapter I NEA PAPHOS IN ANCIENT AND BYZANTINE LITERARY SOURCES The name of the city: the distinction between Old and New Paphos The founding of Nea Paphos The Nea Paphos area in the time of Alexander the Great and the Successors The Nea Paphos region in the Hellenistic period The city and chora of Nea Paphos Nea Paphos in the Roman period Earthquakes in Nea Paphos Ancient documents with Cyprus as the subject Conclusions Chapter II HISTORICAL OUTLINE OF DESCRIPTIONS AND SURVEYS OF NEA PAPHOS DURING THE 13th-19th CENTURIES Nea Paphos in reports of travellers in the 13th-16th centuries Nea Paphos in the cartography of the 15th and 16th centuries Descriptions of the relics of Nea Paphos from the 17th and 18th centuries The 19th century accounts of the Nea Paphos area; the first scientific investigations Chapter III TOPOGRAPHICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE NEA PAPHOS AREA DURING THE 20th CENTURY The first Cypriot investigations of Nea Paphos Excavations and surveys of the Nea Paphos area after the war Chapter IV THE BEGINNINGS OF NEA PAPHOS The first investigations of the beginnings of the city King Nikokles as founder of the city of Nea Paphos The sanctuary of Apollo Hylates near Nea Paphos Habitation in the Nea Paphos area before the founding of the city The founding of Nea Paphos: the extent of the fortifications, limits of the harbour Chapter V HELLENISTIC NEA PAPHOS IN EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES The role of Nea Paphos in the economical exploitation of Cyprus Nea Paphos - a shipping centre in the 3rd cent. B.C. Nea Paphos as one of the poleis of Cyprus in the 3rd cent. B.C. The garrison of Nea Paphos in the 3rd cent. B.C. The city of Nea Paphos in the 3rd cent. B.C.: the gymnasium, theatre, temples The priesthood of Aphrodite and the cult of the goddess in the chora of Nea Paphos in the 3rd cent. B.C. The region of Nea Paphos and the cult of Arsinoe Philadelphos (the inspiratory role of Cyprus in the religious life of Alexandria) Nea Paphos as capital of Hellenistic Cyprus The Ptolemaic garrison of Nea Paphos in the 2nd and 1st cent. B.C. The role of Nea Paphos in Cyprus between 57/56.and 31/30 B.C. The organization of the city of Nea Paphos in the 2nd and 1 st cent. B.C. The gymnasium in Nea Paphos in the 2nd and 1st cent. B.C. The Guild of Artists of Dionysos in Nea Paphos The cults of divinities in Nea Paphos in the 2nd and 1st cent. B.C., the structure of religious life The ruler cult in Nea Paphos Mediterranean trade relations of the Hellenistic Nea Paphos Table A I. Contacts of Hellenistic Nea Paphos with the Mediterranean regions evidenced by the presence of foreigners in Nea Paphos and Palaepaphos Table A II. Contacts of Hellenistic Nea Paphos with the Mediterranean regions evidenced by the presence of Paphians outside Cyprus or by the proxenia held by them Table B. Juxtaposition of epigraphical finds from the area of Nea Paphos published and dated to the Hellenistic period Chapter VI THE TOPOGRAPHY OF HELLENISTIC NEA PAPHOS Basic elements of the town plan: streets and insulae The harbour Maloutena Quarter Kristo Quarter Domestic architecture: sources Fanari ("Pharos") hill Agora Quarter The gymnasium Fabrika hill Aqueduct Hypogea in the northern part of the city: Ayios Lambrianos, Ayia Solomoni, "Toumballos" Decoration of houses, public buildings and streets CONCLUSIONS Addendum List of figures in the text List of photographs Indexes Photographs