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And, as we are told in that fine work 'Kypros, the Bible, and Homer: Oriental Civilisation, Art and Religion in ancient times, "The oldest extant Phoenician inscriptions, themselves the earliest examples of letters properly so called, come from Cyprus." As, moreover, when face to face with the relics of the Phoenicians we are, as Dr.
Kypros Paphos a theme for poets, where Aphrodite rose from the foam of the sea, and the fabled groves of the mysteries of Venus gave place to primitive shrines of Christian worship, while innumerable Grecian legends were merged in early Christian traditions, imparting some of their own tint of fable, yet baptizing anew the groves and hillsides to sanctity.
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