Chytrus

CHYTRUS

CHYTRUS, CHYTRI (Χύτρος, Ptol. 5.14.6; Χύτροι, Steph. B., Suid.; Χύθροι, Hierocl.; Χυθέρεια, Const. Porph. De Them. 1.39; Chytri, Plin.; Citari, Peut. Tab.: Eth. Χύτριος: Chytria), a town of Cyprus which lay on the road between Ceryneia and Salamis, at a distance of 23 M. P. from the former, and 24 M. P. from the latter. (Peut. Tab. ) It was once governed by sovereign princes, and was probably an Athenian colony. (Mariti, Viaggi, vol. 1. p. 138; Engel, Kypros, vol. 1. p. 148.)

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