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Paphos , two ancient cities, SW Cyprus, on the coast. Old Paphos was probably founded in the Mycenaean period by colonists from Greece or Phoenicia. Modern excavations have revealed ruins dating from 3000 BC New Paphos was 10 mi (16 km) to the northwest. An important seaport, it was the capital of Cyprus from the middle of the Hellenistic period until the time of Constantine.

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Paphos City established in the 4th cent. BCE on the SW coast of Cyprus. Paul and Barnabas met the Roman proconsul Sergius Paulus, who was astonished at the teaching about the Lord (Acts 13: 12) when Paul caused the magician Elymas to be struck blind.

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Â© The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Paphian of or relating to Paphos, a Cypriot city held to be the birthplace of Aphrodite or Venus and formerly sacred to her; Paphian in literary use can thus mean relating to love and sexual desire, and the goddess may be referred to as the Paphian Goddess or Paphian Queen.

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	Holidaymakers delayed for more than 24 hours. Newspaper article from: Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England); 6/21/2007; 209 words ; ...Holidaymakers were due to leave for Cyprus on a Flyjet plane to Paphos at 8.05am yesterday, but were told after a 10-hour wait that...later than 8.15pm on Tuesday. Holidaymakers due to fly home from Paphos yesterday, were also put up in hotels. Read more
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