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Kition 𐤊𐤕 or 𐤊𐤕𐤉 Κίτιον | |
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| 12th century BC–342 AD[1] | |
 Location of Kition | |
| Capital | Kition |
| Common languages | Greek[2] and Phoenician[2] |
| Religion | Ancient Greek religion/Ancient Canaanite religion |
| Government | Petty kingdom |
| Historical era | Classical Antiquity |
• Established | 12th century BC |
• Disestablished | 342 AD[1] |
| Currency | Stater, obol |
| Today part of | Cyprus |
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| kꜣṯꜣj[3] in hieroglyphs | ||||||
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| Era: New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC) | ||||||
Kition (Ancient Greek: Κίτιον, Kition; Latin: Citium;[4] Egyptian: kꜣṯꜣj;[3] Phoenician: 𐤊𐤕, KT,[5][6] or 𐤊𐤕𐤉, KTY;[7][8][9]) was an Ancient Greek city-kingdom on the southern coast of Cyprus (in present-day Larnaca), one of the Ten city-kingdoms of Cyprus. According to the text on the plaque closest to the excavation pit of the Kathari site (as of 2013), it was established in the 13th century BC by Greek (Achaean) settlers, after the Trojan War.
Its most famous, and probably only known, resident was Zeno of Citium, born c. 334 BC in Citium and founder of the Stoic school of philosophy which he taught in Athens from about 300 BC.
- ^ Flourentzos, Paulos (1996). A Guide to the Larnaca District Museum. Nicosia: Ministry of Communications and Works - Department of Antiquities. p. 18. ISBN 978-9963-36-425-1. OCLC 489834719.
- ^ a b Radner, Karen (2010). The Stele of Sargon II of Assyria at Kition: A focus for an emerging Cypriot identity?. p. 443. ISBN 978-3-447-06171-1.
- ^ a b Simmons, J. (1937). Handbook for the Study of Egyptian Topographical Lists Relating to Western Asia (PDF). E. J. Brill. p. 169. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-29. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 397.
- ^ Huss (1985), p. 568.
- ^ KAI 33(?), 37
- ^ Yon, Marguerite; Childs, William A. P. (November 1997). "Kition in the Tenth to Fourth Centuries B. C." Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 308 (308): 11. doi:10.2307/1357405. JSTOR 1357405. S2CID 156694103.
- ^ KAI 33, 38, 40, 41, 288, 289
- ^ Slouschz, Nahoum (1942). Thesaurus of Phoenician Inscriptions (in Hebrew). Dvir. pp. 68–69.