Curium
CU´RIUM [AETOLIA 66b.]
CU´RIUM (Κούριον, Ptol. 5.14.2; Steph. B.; Hierocl.; Curias, Plin. Nat. 5.13: Eth. Κουριεύς: Piscopia), a city of Cyprus, situated to the W. of the river Lycus, 16 M. P. from Amathus. (Peut. Tab. ) It was said to have been founded by the Argives. (Hdt. 5.113; Strab. 14. p. 683.) Stesenor, its sovereign, betrayed the cause of his country during the war against the Persians. (Herod. l. c.) Near the town was a Cape (Φρούριον, Ptol. 5.14.2: Capo Bianco), from which sacrilegious offenders who had dared to touch the altar of Apollo were thrown into the sea. (Strab. l. c.) The ruins of a town supposed to represent this have been found, near Piscopia, one of the most fertile spots in the island. (Pococke, Trav. vol. 2. p. 329; Engel, Kypros, vol. 1. p. 118.)
[E.B.J](Κούριον). A city of Cyprus, on the southern coast, or rather, according to the ancients, at the commencement of the western shore, at a small distance from which, to the southeast, there is a cape which bears the name of Curias. Curium is said to have been founded by an Argive colony, and it was one of the nine royal cities of Cyprus. See Cyprus.
- its desertion to the Persians in the Cyprian revolt: Hdt. 5.113