THRONOI
Cyprus.
The ruins of a small town,
mentioned by Strabo (
14.683) and Ptolemy (5.14.1-4),
on a headland called Cape Pyla, on the E shore of Larnaca Bay. Strabo's reference, however, does not make it
clear whether Thronoi refers to the cape or to the town
or to both. It is mentioned in the list of the theodorokoi
at Delphi (early 2d c. B.C.), provided the restoration of
the name is correct.
Substantial remains of the town, dating from Hellenistic and Graeco-Roman times, are still visible. Remains of the town wall running for a considerable distance along the inland side of the town, underground
chambers cut in the rock, and vestiges of a sanctuary
with fragments of stone statues have been reported.
The site is still unexplored.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Luigi Palma di Cesnola,
Cyprus: Its
Ancient Cities, Tombs and Temples (1877) 183-84;
A. Sakellarios,
Τὰ Κυπριακά I (1890) 187-88.
K. NICOLAOU
