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I am deeply indebted to Mr. J. S. Last, of Episkopi, without whose tireless co-operation this paper could not have been written. He is responsible for the descriptive table and for the excellent photographs. Likewise, I am most grateful to Prof. R. Stillwell for allowing me to publish the theater column in advance of his own publication of the theater; and for helpful suggestions. Also Mr. A. H. S. Megaw, Director of Antiquities in Cyprus, has been most kind in allowing me to discuss columns in sites under his supervision. Others who have helped me are mentioned in the text or the footnotes. MORE than a century ago, some spirally fluted columns: einige spiralf&rmig cannelirte Sdulen aus blaulichem Marmor, were observed among the ruins of the city of Curium, on the southwest coast of Cyprus. Their observer was Ludwig Ross,1 that nineteenth century Pausanias. It is not possible to be certain from his statements exactly where the columns lay. They are described as being at the inner end of the city.2 This presumably means at the east or southeast end, which would be in the general area of the theater, although Ross does not bring them into connection with the theater but rather, by im

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Author

J. L. Benson

Published

1956

Language

EN

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)