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To everyone…

NB: The “Mycenaean colonization of Cyprus" story is nothing but a far-fetched Greek-serving mythology/speculation, with not a shred of evidence to back it!

[AEKTZIS]

except for the fact we speak Greek.

[Klik]

Mythology?

Then perhaps all myths are actual, real stories... Don't release those Titans now, we'll be doomed

[Simon]

Mythology?

Then perhaps all myths are actual, real stories... Don't release those Titans now, we'll be doomed

Well, the Trojan War was considered a myth until they found evidence to back the story!

[Get Real!]

except for the fact we speak Greek.

"Greek" is just a label.

For the second time...

"The Greek embezzlement of Cypriot heritage"

http://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus23213.html

[AEKTZIS]

see my response in that topic, ellinara

[Klik]

except for the fact we speak Greek.

"Greek" is just a label.

For the second time...

"The Greek embezzlement of Cypriot heritage"

http://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus23213.html

How is that evidence that Cypriots are not Greek?

Acts 11:20: “Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus.”

Some of WHAT? Men from Cyprus and Cyrene(modern day Shahat, Libya) went to Antioch(modern day Antakya, Turkey)
How is that relevant? I repeat, some of WHAT? Some of them men...? That doesn't sound like the Bible, does it?


Apparently they didn't tell you...

Cyprus had a large Jewish population from 200BC till 150 AD maybe even later. In early 2nd century the Jewish massacred the Cypriots because they had different belief, Christians and Olympians... ie Greeks

Hellinism in Cyprus started in 1800s?

What about during Alexander's Quest for Persia? Darius had 5.000 Cypriot mercenaries under his command, yet Cypriots sent some 3.000 troops in assistance to Alexander in the siege of Tyre. Before you say any crap about the 5.000 mercenaries, there were also some 10.000 other Greek mercenaries at least from Sparta and Athens. As well as some Cretans and other islanders from the Dodecanese that assisted Alexander's Quest. In fact some of Alexander's army ships were built by Cypriots and donated to him as he promised to liberate them from Persian rule.

Cypriots also sent aid to the Athenians and Spartans at Plataea ages ago. Cyprus at the time was under Assyrian/Egyptian rule. Cypriots went there by choice, just like every other Greek at the time.
Also the Greeks sent aid with Kimon(και νεκρος ενικα) who happened to be a Spartan, not a Cypriot. Yet he's still considered a national hero for Cyprus.

"Greek" is no label.

1800s thing you said is a huge joke. At a time where the Cyprus population was dying in uprisings against the Ottoman rule since the beginning. When in 1821 Cyprus, with the aid of other Greeks, attempted to send the Ottomans away in early July and Kyprianos was executed along with another 500 people. Who gave arms to Cypriots you think? Did they dig down the wells and found gunpowder and rifles?

Apparently someone wants Cyprus to join Egypt in the destruction of a civilization... and that someone is lots of people on the inside (ask the Coptic population of Egypt how happy they are after years of terror and annihilation)

ΞΥΠΝΑΤΕ ΡΕΕΕΕΕΕΕ

[Simon]

except for the fact we speak Greek.

"Greek" is just a label.

For the second time...

"The Greek embezzlement of Cypriot heritage"

http://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus23213.html

How is that evidence that Cypriots are not Greek?

Acts 11:20: “Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus.”

Some of WHAT? Men from Cyprus and Cyrene(modern day Shahat, Libya) went to Antioch(modern day Antakya, Turkey)
How is that relevant? I repeat, some of WHAT? Some of them men...? That doesn't sound like the Bible, does it?


Apparently they didn't tell you...

Cyprus had a large Jewish population from 200BC till 150 AD maybe even later. In early 2nd century the Jewish massacred the Cypriots because they had different belief, Christians and Olympians... ie Greeks

Hellinism in Cyprus started in 1800s?

What about during Alexander's Quest for Persia? Darius had 5.000 Cypriot mercenaries under his command, yet Cypriots sent some 3.000 troops in assistance to Alexander in the siege of Tyre. Before you say any crap about the 5.000 mercenaries, there were also some 10.000 other Greek mercenaries at least from Sparta and Athens. As well as some Cretans and other islanders from the Dodecanese that assisted Alexander's Quest. In fact some of Alexander's army ships were built by Cypriots and donated to him as he promised to liberate them from Persian rule.

Cypriots also sent aid to the Athenians and Spartans at Plataea ages ago. Cyprus at the time was under Assyrian/Egyptian rule. Cypriots went there by choice, just like every other Greek at the time.
Also the Greeks sent aid with Kimon(και νεκρος ενικα) who happened to be a Spartan, not a Cypriot. Yet he's still considered a national hero for Cyprus.

"Greek" is no label.

1800s thing you said is a huge joke. At a time where the Cyprus population was dying in uprisings against the Ottoman rule since the beginning. When in 1821 Cyprus, with the aid of other Greeks, attempted to send the Ottomans away in early July and Kyprianos was executed along with another 500 people. Who gave arms to Cypriots you think? Did they dig down the wells and found gunpowder and rifles?

Apparently someone wants Cyprus to join Egypt in the destruction of a civilization... and that someone is lots of people on the inside (ask the Coptic population of Egypt how happy they are after years of terror and annihilation)

ΞΥΠΝΑΤΕ ΡΕΕΕΕΕΕΕ

Klik and AEKTZIS, don't waste too much time on GR! He is well known for being a wind up merchant when it comes to these issues. We have had all these debates in the past, and if you look at the old threads on this forum, he has been humiliated on several occasions with mountains of evidence regarding his ridiculous fantasies that everything Greek is a myth.

[AEKTZIS]

No worries, Simon...I like to educate.....Which brings us nicely onto a period of Cyprus' Hellenic history mentioned by Klik, Cyprus under Alexander.

This involves mention of Greeks from Cyprus who fought in battle together with Greeks from Greece under a Greek named Alexander who united Greece's Kingdoms.



ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND PTOLEMEON
The long and sustained efforts to throw off the Persian yoke, he was unsuccessful and extended the Persian rule over Cyprus until the time of Alexander the Great. Eventually the boisterous march of Macedon army to the East and the defeat of the Persians, and finally ended their rule over Cyprus.

Alexander (Alexander of Macedon and Alexander III of Macedon), was born in Pella in 356 BC and died in Babylon in 323 BC Son of King Philip II and Olympias, his father succeeded to the throne of Macedonia in 336 BC at age 20. He was the biggest in history may marshal who led the army in a series of victorious battles, he created a vast empire that stretched from Greece to Egypt in Africa to the Caspian Sea and India in Asia. Cyprus, the various kingdoms, was an ally of Alexander, and contributed to the victorious campaign.

The presence of Alexander the Great in Asia Minor meant a new era for Cyprus, especially after successive victories at Granicus (334 BC) and at Issus (333 BC). The Achaemenid Empire presented the first signs of collapse when it lost the coast of Asia Minor, Syria and Phoenicia, which were naval bases.

Cypriot kings, learning the victory of Alexander at Issus, radically changed their attitude towards the Great King of Persia. They felt that sooner or later, Alexander would be the new ruler of the island, because the occupation of Cyprus was necessary (along with that of Phoenicia) to proceed undisturbed to Egypt and then to Asia. Therefore, in order to maintain their power Cypriot kings decided to show their willingness to make available their fleet Alexander previously was in the service of Persian synteinontas thereby increasing the naval forces of the opponents. Beyond that, the Cypriots were quite experienced in seamanship and for this reason also, Alexander used a lot during the campaign in the Indian. There was therefore a mutuality of interests: Alexander the Great would increase the capacity of the fleet, but the Cypriot kings would maintain their political independence.

From the area of Phoenicia, Tyre only had succumbed, and Alexander the besieged. The Cypriot fleet, together with Cypriot engineers have contributed greatly to the conquest of this well-fortified city. Indeed Pnytagoras kings of Salamis, Androcles and the Amathus Pasikratis of Solon, personally took part in the siege of Tyre, and although they lost the pentireis them managed to conquer the northern port city, contributing to the fall. The gratitude of Alexander so that participation can be seen from the gestures after his victory: not only left the Cypriot kings to freely manage the affairs of kingdoms, but also could ask him anything they wanted. In Pnytagora, for example, seems to have been the main driver of this initiative to support Alexander, helped to integrate the spatial territory of the kingdom of Tamassos to that of Salamis. The kingdom of Tamassos previously belonged to the King of Kiti Poumiathonta who had purchased it for 50 talents from the king Pasikypro.

The Tyr is more important than the Phoenician cities were built on a small island that was far 700 meters from the shore, and had two harbors, the Egyptian south and Sidon in the north. Cypriot kings, with 120 ships and a very experienced crew, offered substantial assistance to Alexander and contributed decisively to the fall of Tyre, which had stood a siege of 7 months. During the siege, in a sudden attack of cheese fleet Cypriots who besieged the city from the north and northeast, have successfully pitches pentiri the king of Salamis Pnytagora the pentiri king of Amathus pentiri Androcles and the King Pasikrati of Solon. The attack of the cheese against the Cypriot fleet was at noon when the Cypriot crews rested on the coast. Alexander occupants Phoenician ship, personally intervened and saved the Cypriot fleet of more disasters. During the final assault against the city, the Cypriots managed to occupy the port of Sidon and the north of Tyre and the Phoenicians occupied the Egyptian port. Alexander also hit the city with siege machines approached the walls of the "mole" , strip of earth constructed on the opposite coast of Tyre, to the island where the city was built. The whole operation against Tyre, Alexander was helped by many Cypriots and Phoenicians "motorized" who built on his behalf, and in a short time, many siege engines that hit the city from the "mole" but also "ippagoga" ships.

In 331 BC, Alexander returned to Egypt, stayed for a while in Tyre. Cypriot kings, wanting to reaffirm the trust and support, the organization honored the cyclical and tragic struggles, sacrifices and processions, whom the grant.

During the campaign in the Indian, Alexander took with him, except the Phoenicians and Egyptians, and Cypriot sailors and rowers, those who had greater experience in seamanship. These were experienced sailors Leaders princes like Nikoklis, son of King Pasikrati of Solon, and Nifothona, son of King Pnytagora of Salamis.

Because Alexander has maintained in the vast state of the same administrative system in force until then the Persian Empire, commissioned very important responsibilities in Cyprus. This indicates that the Stasanor of Solon was appointed in 329 BC satrap and the Supreme Drangon.

The new situation created by the presence of Alexander the Great in Asia presence that heralds the birth of the Hellenistic world, could not but affect, sooner or later, Cyprus: The Cypriot currency, which was further evidence of the independence of the Cypriot kings, gradually falls in the currency of Alexander the Great and mints of Salamis and Kiti began to mint coins on his behalf.

As mentioned, between Alexandria, the cities had been built by Alexander the Great or his successors have been renamed in his honor after his death, and included a city of Alexandria believed, was built or renamed by the King of Solon, a friend and ally Alexander Pasikrati.
As mentioned by Arrian and Strabo, Cypriot historian Excellent Salaminio wrote the book on which recount the exploits of Alexander the Great. This book is not saved.

As Plutarch, Alexander was dying and sword thafmastin koufotiti, dorisamenou Kition King ... iskimenos many christhai knife battles ... notwithstanding the words "Alexander had a knife edge and the wonderful light, which was a gift to him by the King of Kiti ... and was very practiced at using the sword in battle" .

The King of Kiti made to Alexander the gift was the Phoenix Poumiathon (361 -312 BC), and he was trying to win the favor of Macedon army, but to succeed.

The policy of Alexander the Great on Cyprus and its kings, was clear: to exempt them from Persian rule (although some of the kings were, by then, clearly persofiloi) but annexed Cyprus in the state. The interior of the Cypriot kingdoms did not intervene directly and kings maintained their autonomy, but made some changes, such as performance Tamassos and mining of the king of Salamis Pnytagora. While Alexander sought to make clear that he considered himself the master of the island, and this was expressed stressed the abolition of the currencies of the Cypriot kingdoms and the establishment of others, his own, which were struck at the mints of Salamis, of Kiti and Paphos.

According to sources when Alexander prepared the expedition will continue in India because the country had many navigable rivers, and included a significant number of shipbuilders and rowers from Cyprus, Egypt, Phoenicia and Caria.

The untimely death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC put an end to Greek aspirations for global domination. The empire has created split between the generals and successors, which immediately started and the conflicts between them followed by wars, to win each of them something more. With the death of Alexander the beginning and the Hellenistic period in Cypriot history.

In conflict and wars of his successors, inevitably complicated and Cyprus, which claimed to focus on two of them. Antigonus (helped by his son, Demetrius Poliorcetes) and Ptolemy Lagos. The first held the second Syria and Egypt. Originally recorded successes in Cyprus, Antigonus and his son.

Cypriot kings who so far have maintained their independence in their kingdoms, found themselves in a difficult position. This is because, if Cyprus has been the "apple of discord" between Ptolemy and Antigonus, were the kings of the island are now making new choices and alliances. This led to a dispute and controversy because of other Cypriot kingdoms chose the alliance with Ptolemy, but sided with the Antigen and others tried to remain neutral. The most important city - the kingdom of Cyprus appears to have been then the Salamis, whose king was Nikokreon.
The Nikokreon argued strongly in favor of Ptolemy. As he writes Arrian, Ptolemy had to come out except Nikokreonta of Salamis, and into him and becoming Pasikratis of Solon, Nikoklis Paphos Androcles and the Amathus.
The words and into Him void indicates that the other three kings (Solon, Paphos Amathus) were under the influence of Nikokreonta of Salamis. What extent and what kind of influence that we do not know. It appears that after the march of Alexander the Great, perhaps because its own regulations and rules, the city of Salamis was an increased (Management?) Role in Cyprus, and probably the king of the primacy among Cypriot monarchs.

However, some other kings of Cyprus, Praxippos Lapithos - Kyrenia, the Poumiothon (Pygmalion) of Kiti and Stasioikos of Marion, were allied with Antigonus.

Against these, the Nikokreon and other kings filoptolemaikoi conducted combat operations. Ptolemy enhanced even military allies of the kings of Cyprus, feeding them and military force under Seleucus and Menelaus. The Kyrenia and Lapithos seized after the siege and capitulated Marion. Diodorus gives information that the Amathus was also forced to put in favor of Ptolemy, even giving hostages as a guarantee, and closely besieged Kition (circa 315 BC).

Eventually he came Ptolemy in Cyprus with more troops, in 312 BC, and clarified the situation: Kition captured and killed the king, and arrested and filoantigonikous kings of Marion and Lapithos - Kyrenia. Moreover, completely destroyed the town of Marion. So Ptolemy removed most of the kingdoms of Cyprus, which existed until then ... However diapraxamenos while Cyprus has the general Nikokreonta, traditional tech cities and Tash Tash proceeds ekpeptokoton kings .

We know that the crucial and decisive intervention of Ptolemy in 312 BC, maintained for a while yet their power the kings of Solon and Paphos. Especially the Nikokreon of Salamis, whom Ptolemy seems to fully appreciate and trust, he won the cities and the revenues of the fallen kings. So Salamis extended its authority throughout the eastern, central and northern Cyprus after being there and Kition and Lapithos while Tamassos of belonging than before. Moreover, the Nikokreon of Salamis and took another highest office: he became, with the blessing of Ptolemy, General of Cyprus. That master of the whole island. But the situation was fluid and we know from sources that had been kept in power (the kingdoms), the rulers of Solon and Paphos. But very soon the King Paphian Nikoklis was suspected, was besieged and forced to commit suicide, followed by the entire family to death (312 BC).

The following year (311 BC) died and Nikokreon of Salamis, according to testimony epigraphy (Parian marble) that says: "since he had died Nikokreon and Ptolemy had become a master of Cyprus, spent 47 years when in Athens was a master Simonides' . The petition is about the year 264 BC, thus adding 47 years had passed, we find that Nikokreon died in 311 BC.

After the intervention of Ptolemy in Cyprus, which subjugated the island reacted Antigonus and his son, Demetrius the besiegers. Indeed, the latter led a large military operation in Cyprus.

Demetrius was born in 336 BC initially fought under the orders of his father for the first time in 317 BC against Eumenes, where particularly distinguished. In 307 BC he also managed to liberate Athens, evicting Demetrius Faliro and restoring democracy. In 306 BC led war against the Ptolemies. Later he tried to understand the Rhodes, but after a siege of 2 years reached an agreement with the rhodium made her allies (304 BC). He was defeated at the battle of Ipsos (301 BC) by the united forces of Ptolemy Cassander and Lysimachus. In the battle that killed his father Antigonus Monophthalmus. Demetrius, having reorganized the army, was named king of Macedonia, but was evicted by Lysimachus and Pyrrhus. In Asia Minor defeated by Seleucus. The latter arrested him and closed the fort of Apamea, where he died in 282 BC The name Demetrius Poliorketes got it during the various sieges of cities using technologically advanced siege engines.

When Demetrius freed Athens from Demetrius Faliro, decided to intervene in Cyprus was under the authority of Ptolemy, to use the island as a base for attacks against Western Asia.

From Cilicia then began to Cyprus with a large number of forces without limitation banking, cavalry and naval ships. Without encountering resistance landed on the Karpas peninsula and captured the towns of Heaven and Karpas. Meanwhile Menelaus, brother of Ptolemy I Soter, who was the new general of the island after the death of Nikokreonta, gathered his forces at Salamis.

Demetrius after he left the safety of the fleet, went against him. The first battle took place outside of Salamis. Menelaus was defeated and a part of his army fled to the city, the rest captured.

The next step was to Demetrius besiege the city. Menelaus, however, predicted that his plans called for the assistance of his brother Ptolemy, who was in Egypt. Just arrived in Paphos with considerable forces, which were added to that offered by the Cypriot cities. Started on Salamis parapleontas the south coast of Cyprus. In Kition added 60 more ships of Menelaos who earlier were in the harbor of Salamis. These vessels were added to 140 triremes and pentireis and 200 transport ships in the army of Ptolemy.

Demetrius after left part of his forces at Salamis, equip the bow of the ship with crossbows (war machines hurling stones and missiles) and catapults, and began to meet Ptolemy and Menelaus, in the meantime sailed to Salamis. Outside the port city was in 305 BC, a great battle in which Ptolemy and Menelaus were defeated. The historical drama of those events recounted by the historian Diodorus and Plutarch. Demetrius was the owner of the island, while Ptolemy and his brother were forced to return to Egypt.

To immortalize the great victory at Salamis, Demetrius cut a silver tetradrachm: On one side we have the Victory sits on the bow of a ship and playing trumpet. On the other Neptune shakes threatening his trident.
Later, Demetrius and his father Antigonus tried to understand Egypt without success.

Also for the siege of Rhodes, Cyprus was used as a starting point. Besides the Cypriot thorakopoios Zoilos Demetrius offered in two iron shields.
During the battle of Ipsos in Phrygia in 301 BC, Antigonus was killed, and Demetrius, with the remnants of his army was forced to flee to Cyprus with his mother Stratoniki. For a while stayed at Salamis.

It is here that Ptolemy later when it again became the owner of the island in 294 BC Stratoniki arrested along with his children Demetrius.
In 296 BC after the death of Cassander, Demetrius decides to intervene in Greece. His aim was the occupation of Athens where Lacharis, with the help of Ptolemy, was a tyrant of the city. Started in Athens with a considerable number of ships. In the first attack failed, so I had to come in the Peloponnese together and trying to strengthen his forces to which were added to ships from Cyprus. Eventually, in 294 BC, he became master of Athens. However, leaving the defenseless Cyprus gave the opportunity to retake Ptolemy after 12 years. From 294 BC and for three centuries the Ptolemies would remain unchallenged dominance. Cyprus is the smaller cities - Basel was definitely in the past. The Ptolemies brought here the same political - social structures that existed in the rest of their empire.

By removing the concept of many small kingdoms, began a new era in which the Cypriot cities became democracies and relative autonomy, the introduction of the institutions of Parliament and the City, and the entire island was under the command of a general. Thus began to create a new awareness in people for a single and united Cyprus and no longer a country divided into many small states. This new consciousness and expressed the Joint Cypriots, a body founded in the years of the Ptolemies and maintained in Roman times.

The Joint Cypriots was basically a religious organization founded and operated during the Hellenistic period, initially for worship deified kings and queens of the Ptolemaic dynasty and later Venus and also deified, Roman emperors. The organization was maintained until the beginning of the 3rd AD century seems to have fallen apart with the wide spread of Christianity to the island.

The institution of "common" that existed in other Greek parties, flourished in Cyprus during the Hellenistic years and began when the various mercenary troops stationed on the island each formed its own "public" , ie his own organization. Created so many organizations such as the "common Cretan" , the "Public Cilicia" , the "Public Lycians" etc. Such "public" testified by inscriptions have been found.

Then created and "public" by various professionals, organizations that acted as trade unions. As such, the name "League of Dionysus on the masters' , ie the union of professional actors and other theater workers and the "League of Secretaries v. Cyprus" , which is the union of professional advice and clerks of the municipalities of cities Cyprus.
Moreover, such "public" was founded to better serve their interests and Cypriot communities in Cyprus and abroad. From an inscription we found the existence in the 4th century "Common Salaminians" Attica, Attica lived in the 4th century, many Cypriots from different cities of the island, mainly traders.

Apart from all these "public" appears in Cyprus in the Hellenistic period and an island-wide religious organization, "Public Cypriots" , initially seems merely called "the public" . It was an organization based in Paphos, which is probably original purpose was to coordinate the various island-wide nature of religious events. The foundation of this organization was now normal because after the abolition of the Cypriot kingdoms in 312 BC by Ptolemy I in Lagos and now integrated into the whole of Cyprus under a unified command, now acquire a single consciousness.

The "public" was the Cypriot cities initially for the cult of the Ptolemaic kings. Later, however, by the end of the Hellenistic period and the inclusion of Cyprus in the Roman empire, although Romans emperors encouraged the cult on the island, as earlier the Ptolemies of Egypt, but the cult was not so important anymore, so this and the "public" which now appears as "Public Cypriots' active after the revival of the 30/29 BC, around the worship of Aphrodite. Headquarters has always been the heart of Paphos and the famous temple there Kyprida. Paphos became the annual meetings of the members of the "Common Cypriots" who was, of course, organization of wealthy city dwellers whose interests are served.
However, thanks to nationwide and even larger cult of Aphrodite, the "public" monopolized eventually somehow religious activity on the island and developed into a vibrant spiritual organization with considerable influence in national, social and economic life of Cyprus. Apart from the religious, and other activities developed in various fields, such as organizing events. It failed, however flattering, with honors, senior officials or organizations posing as benefactors. The strength gained was great and, in particular, was in "Public Cypriots" in 43/44 AD by the emperor Claudius the right to mint its own coins. The coins minted on the occasion of competitions organized by "public" in both Paphos and Salamis. In one of the sides of the coin the words CYPRIOT JOINT framed by laurel branches. It is particularly noteworthy that in those currencies used the Greek language, though belonging to the Roman period. This shows the importance that was attributed to "the public" .

Besides the coins, the "Public Cypriots" and testified in several inscriptions have been found mainly on price performance in different personalities.
Ultimately, the public Cypriots was a kind of confederation of all Cypriot cities, but always under the Ptolemaic kingdom with its capital in Alexandria. The bodies of the House and the City exercised effective control in their cities. Soon the whole of Cyprus began to march towards greater economic, cultural and general development. During the Ptolemies established in all cities glorious public buildings such as gymnasiums, theaters, temples, markets and others, and experienced unprecedented growth and letters, arts, sports, crafts. Greek deities worshiped in the island especially now, especially concerning the cult of Aphrodite in Palaepaphos were the responsibility of the Joint Cypriot cities. Cities other than Bouleuteria and other public buildings, acquired and libraries. From the Cypriot cities, especially now developed the New Paphos and just before, somewhere at the end of the institution of kingdoms, had replaced Palaepaphos (which was where the present village Kouklia) as a new headquarters of the kingdom of Paphos. New Paphos, because it was closer to the Ptolemies of Egypt, was now metropolis that is the island's capital and seat of government. The Palaipafos maintained for a while even the allure of a cult of Aphrodite, to the final but lost a few centuries later, the triumph of Christianity.

Cyprus has remained under Ptolemaic administration since the beginning of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, namely from the late 4th century BC century until the end of the dynasty of beautiful Cleopatra in 30 BC (although the Roman rule in Cyprus starts a little earlier).

Following the example of Alexander the Great, the Ptolemies built new towns. In Cyprus, Marion (now Polis), which was completely destroyed by the first Ptolemy in 312 BC, was rebuilt under the name Arsinoe. The name is in honor of Arsinoe, Queen of Egypt, and took two other cities were built and one near Paphos and the second near Famagusta. Both Arsinoe and other Ptolemies, deified and worshiped in Cyprus, where temples were built in their honor.

During the three centuries of Ptolemaic rule, Cyprus has seen years of continuous peace (apart from the various events that occur at times because of rivalries and passions among themselves of the Ptolemies, who however had no significant overall effect). Thus, the island prospered largely because of trade (the port of Amathus surveyed recently, belongs to this period) and the arts, such as shipbuilding. Officers stationed on the island of Ptolemaic rule and strong infantry and naval forces, which also included a number of foreign mercenaries. The prosperity was also the result of democratic government and exercise effective control of the House and the Municipality of any Cypriot city.

[Gasman]

Nipping in after 'War & Peace' above, to say ...

To everyone…
NB: The “Mycenaean colonization of Cyprus" story is nothing but a far-fetched Greek-serving mythology/speculation, with not a shred of evidence to back it!

Right on GR!