Kourion Complex Palace

The restorations fit the space, meter, and intent of the verse, though it would be rash to claim [handwritten: kinship] that they are final. It is probably safe to assume that the [handwritten: exedra and] thalamon watched over by the three gracious sisters are the womens quarters of the house. The foundations of a large semicircular porch have been found [handwritten: in] at the outer southwest corner of the house; there can be little doubt that this is the exedra mentioned in the inscription.

The third inscription

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is in six verses and elegiac meter. About a third of it is missing. It appears to refer to the public [handwritten: ...] record of the family. Someone, perhaps Eustolios, forgot to fulfill a promise, but Arakaites adjusted the matter, apparently by building a bathing establishment. The next line, perhaps referring to this same Arakaites, reads ..."protects(?) Kourion as formerly Phoebus." This is a strange counterpart to the "much worshipped signs of Christ" of the other inscription and/furnishes a valuable index to the theology of the period. Apollo is not denounced as a false god, but treated rather as a true divinity who has merely lost his power. Christ is now the leading god, but has not yet succeeded in completely transplanting the old pagan gods who still exist with diminished power and have not yet been forgotten.

Printed: Kourion as Apollo ... Christianity

Stamp: Apollo Kourion Christianity (handwritten annotations in margin): Bath, Kourion, Apollo, Christianity

Handwritten: Found by Bl. H. in 1934