Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
Strabo described Cyprus as “second to none of the islands of the Mediterranean: it is rich in wine and oil, produces grain in abundance and possesses extensive copper mines.…” (14.6.5). Geographical proximity placed Cyprus within the orbit of the Levant; currents and winds situated the island in the flow of peoples and ideas between the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean. But at the same time, Cyprus’ insularity and large size fostered idiosyncratic developments. This tension—between native and imported ideas, and invention in a middle ground—informs studies of ancient Cyprus.
Editor
Michael Gagarin
DOI
10.1093/acref/9780195170726.001.0001
Publisher
Oxford University Press
City
New York
ISBN
9780195170726
Repository Citation
Hirschfeld, N. (2010). Cyprus. In M. Gagarin (Ed.), The Oxford encyclopedia of ancient Greece and Rome (vol. 2). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780195170726.001.0001
Publication Information
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome