Preface
Map
List of abbreviations
Chronological table
I. Introduction – A history of excavations in the area of Paphos
II. Paphos at the dawn of history
1. The beginning of history in the Paphos region: the Chalcolithic period
2. The earliest history of the settlement at Palaepaphos
III. The Late Bronze Age
1. The Late Bronze Age city at Palaepaphos
2. The first shrine of Aphrodite
3. Late Bronze Age sites in the Paphos area
IV. The kingdom of Paphos: From the beginning of the Iron Age to the times of Alexander the Great
1. The 11th century B.C. as a time of transition
2. The cemetery of Skales
3. The city of the Archaic period
4. The Ionian Revolt and the siege of Palaepaphos
5. Between Persia and Hellas: the Classical period
V. Old and new Paphos: The Hellenistic period
1. Nicocles of Paphos and the Wars of the Successors
2. The founding of Nea Paphos
3. Nea Paphos and Palaepaphos under Ptolemaic rule
VI. Paphos in the Roman Empire
1. Nea Paphos as capital of the Roman province
2. Palaepaphos and the Sanctuary of Aphrodite
3. Late Roman into Byzantine: the fate of Paphos from Constantine to Heraclius
VII. Medieval Paphos
1. Arab incursions and condominium
2. Byzantine revival
3. Frankish rule: Latins and Greeks at Paphos in the Lusignan period
4. Paphos as a centre of the cane sugar industry
Epilogue
Appendix – Mythology and cult
Index of geographical and proper names