Ten city-kingdoms of Cyprus explained

The ten city-kingdoms of ancient Cyprus were the Greek, Graeco-Phoenician or Graeco-Eteocypriot, states listed in an inscription of the Assyrian king Esarhaddon in 673-672 BC:^[1]

• Paphos, Πάφος (Greek)
• Salamis, Σαλαμίς (Greek)
• Soloi, Σόλοι (Greek)
• Kourion, Κούριον (Greek)
• Chytroi, Χῦτροι (Greek)
• Kition, Κίτιον (Graeco-Phoenician)
• Amathus, Ἀμαθούς (Graeco-Amathusean)
• Idalion, Ἰδάλιον (Greek)
• Ledrai, Λῆδραι (Greek)
• Tamassos, Ταμασσός (Greek)

And later :

• Kyrenia, Κυρηνεία (Greek)
• Lapethos, Λάπηθος (Greek, Graeco-Phoenician for a short while)
• Marion, Μάριον (Greek)

Notes and References

1. Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge 1880, “The history of Esarhaddon (son of Sennacherib) king of Assyria” (The Names of the Twenty-two Kings, p. 104-108)