Knidos (Cyprus)

Knidos (Cyprus)

Knidus or Cnidus was an ancient Greek city on the Elaea promontory in northeastern Cyprus. It currently lies in the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the Turkish Occupied Territories

References

*Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), p. 72


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