Kourion Complex (Stadium) “Fluted Columns in Cypress” Benson c. 1955Jack L. Benson

Notes

I am deeply indebted to Mr. J.S.Last, of Episkopi, without whose tireless co-operation this paper could not have been written. He is responsible for the descriptive table and for the excellent photographs. Likewise, I am most grateful to Prof.R.Stillwell for allowing me to publish the theater column in advance of his own publication of the theater; and for helpful suggestions. Also Mr. A.H.S.Megaw, Director of Antiquities in Cyprus, has been most kind in allowing me to discuss columns in sites under his supervision. Others who have helped me are mentioned in the text or the footnotes.

1. AZ III (1945) 101. L.Cesnola, writing some decades later; Cyprus, Its Ancient Cities, Tombs and Temples (London 1877) 300, speaks of seeing "shafts of columns, either in marble or granite...lying half buried in the ground", but does not specify spirally fluted columns. 2. See plan in RE s.v. Kurion (Oberhummer). 3. No mention of this occurs in the field notebooks. Dr. B.H.Hill, who was director of the expedition, informs me that it is also his impression that the column fragment was found in the orchestra. For the theater, see UPMB XIV No.4 (1950) 27 ff. 4. Cf. RE, loc.cit. (2214); most recently, a short discussion in J.and S. Young, Terracotta Figurines from Kourion in Cyprus (Philadelphia 1955) 224. The relative location of the sanctuary can be seen in the plan on p.8. 5. K. Lanckoronski, Städte Pamphyliens und Pisidiens II (Vienna 1892) 95 Fig.53; 97 Fig.55; Pl.XI. 6. Africa Italiana (Rivista di Storia a d'Arte a cura del Ministero delle Colonie) III (1930) 20; VI (1935) 37 Fig.2.