[4168] The boatmen of Ruad, the ancient Aradus, still draw fresh water from the spring Ain Ibrahim, in the sea, a few rods from the shore of the opposite coast.
[4169] Now called Kibris.
[4170] Strabo makes it 425. Hardouin remarks that Isidorus has not made allowance for the margin of the creeks and bays.
[4171] The north-eastern extremity of Cyprus. It is now called Capo Sant Andreas. It is more generally known in the editions of Pliny by the name of Dinaretum.
[4172] Now called Capo Sant Epifanio, or Pifano, after the celebrated metropolitan of Cyprus. It is the western extremity of the island.
[4173] From the Greek κέρας, “a horn.” It was not improbably so called from the numerous horns or promontories on its coast.
[4174] From the Greek μακάριος, “blessed,” in compliment to its fertile soil and delightful temperature.
[4175] Apparently from the Greek κρυπτὸς, “concealed.” Stephanus Byzantinus says that it was so called because it was frequently hidden beneath the surface of the sea.
[4176] Or New Paphos. The spot is still called Bafa or Bafo.
[4177] Or Old Paphos, now Kukala or Konuklia. Old Paphos was situate near the promontory Zephyrium on the river Bocarno, where it had a good harbour; while New Paphos lay more inland, in the midst of a fertile plain, sixty stadia from the former. Old Paphos was the chief seat of worship of Aphrodite or Venus, who was said to have landed at that place after her ascent from the sea.