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M. Burdajewicz, “Glass finds from Geronisos Island”, Report of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus 2009 (2010).


J. B. Connelly, “Yeronisos: Sanctuary of Apollo,” The Explorers Journal 74.1 (1996) 14-18.


J.B. Connelly, J.B. “Excavations on Geronisos (1990-1997): First Report,” Report of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus (2002) 245-268. PDF


J.B. Connelly, “Excavations on Geronisos Island: Second Report, The Central-South Complex,” Report of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus (2005) 149-181. PDF


J.B. Connelly,  “Ptolemaic Sunset: Boys Rites of Passage on Late Hellenistic Geronisos,” in From Evagoros I to the Ptolemies: The Transition from the Classical to the Hellenistic Period, Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, Pavlos Flourentzos, ed., (Nicosia 2007) 35-51. PDF


J.B. Connelly, “Twilight of the Ptolemies: Egyptian Presence on late Hellenistic,” Egypt and Cyprus in Antiquity, Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute and the University of Cyprus, Archaeological Research Unit (Nicosia 2009). PDF


J.B. Connelly, “Hybridity and Identity on Late Ptolemaic Yeronisos” in Actes du Colloque “Chypre à l’époque hellénistique et impériale: Recherches récentes et nouvelles découvertes,” Université Paris Ouest-Nanterre et Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, Nanterre - Paris 25-26 septembre 2009, eds. A.-M. Guimier-Sorbets and D. Michaelidès, Centre d’Etudes Chypriotes Cahier 39 (2009) 69-88. PDF


J.B. Connelly, “Excavations on Geronisos Island, Third Report: The Circular Structure, the Square Houses, and East Building,” Report of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus 2009 (2010) 295-348.  PDF


J.B. Connelly, “Yeronisos: Twenty Years on Cleopatra’s Isle,” Explorers Club Journal, December 2010, 18-25. PDF


J.B. Connelly, “Cyprus in the Age of Empires,” in S. Hadjisavvas (ed.) Cyprus: Crossroads Between East and West, 173-178. PDF


J.B. Connelly, and C. McCartney, C., “The Chalcolithic Occupation of Geronisos Island,”Report of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus (2004) 19-50. PDF


J.B. Connelly, and J. Młynarczyk, “Terracotta oil lamps from Geronisos and their contexts”, Report of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus (2002) 293-316. PDF


J.B. Connelly, D. Plantzos, “Stamp-seals from Geronisos and their Contexts,” Report of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus (2006) 263-293. PDF


J.B. Connelly and A. Wilson, “Hellenistic and Byzantine Cisterns on Geronisos Island”, Report of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus (2002) 269-286. PDF


S. Hadjisavvas, 1983, “An Archaeological survey and Trial Excavations on the Small Island ‘Yeronisos’, off the Paphos Coast,” in Karageorghis, V., Report of the Director of Antiquities of Cyprus, 39–40. Nicosia.

J. Młynarczyk, “The « Pink Powdery Ware » at Yeronisos. A local West Cypriot ware of the late Hellenistic period”, EtTrav XX, 138-149.


J. Mlynarczyk, “Sigillatae (ESA, CS) and “Pseudo-Sigillata” (PPW) at Geronisos: An overview of forms and Comparison of Repertoire. Report of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus 2009  (2010) 349-364.


J. Młynarczyk,   “Sailors and Artisans: The Egyptian Connection of Ceramic Finds from Yeronisos,” Egypt and Cyprus in Antiquity, Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute and the University of Cyprus, Archaeological Research Unit (Nicosia 2009).


Further reading on western Cyprus, the environs of Yeronisos, Agios Georgios-tis-Peyias, and Paphos:


Bagnall, R. S., 1976, The Administration of the Ptolemaic Possessions Outside Egypt.  Leiden.


Bakirtzis, Ch., 1995, “The role of Cyprus in the grain supply of Constantinople in the early Christian period,” in Karageorghis, V. and Michaelides, D. (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium, ‘Cyprus and the Sea’. Nicosia, 2526 September 1993, 247–53. Nicosia.


Barkirtzis, Ch., 1995, "A Sea-Route from Cyprus to the Aegean in the Early Christian Period," in Proceedings of the International Archaeological Conference Cyprus and the Aegean in Antiquity from the Prehistoric Period to the 7th Century A.D., Nicosia 8–10 December 1995, 327–32. Nicosia.


Bakirtzis, Ch., 1996, “Description and Metrology of some clay vessels from Agios Georgios, Pegeia,” in V. Karageorghis and D. Michaelides (eds.), The Development of the Cypriot Economy from the Prehistoric Period to the Present Day, 153-61.  Nicosia.


Barkirtzis, 1999, "Early Christian Rock-Cut Tombs at Hagios Georgios, Peyia, Cyprus,” in N. Patterson Ševčenko and C. Moss (ed.), Medieval Cyprus. Studies in Art, Architecture, and History in Memory of Doula Mouriki, 35–48. Nicosia.


L.P. di Cesnola, Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs and Temples  (London 1877) 225.

Chotzakoglou, Ch., 2005, in Th. Papadopoullos (ed.), “Βυζαντινή αρχιτεκτονική και τέχνη στην Κύπρο,” in: Ιστορία της Κύπρου, ΙΙΙ., 465-787. Nicosia.


Connelly, J. B., “Votive Sculpture of Hellenistic Cyprus” (New York and Nicosia) 1988.


Connelly, J. B., 2010, “Alexandrianism: A Twenty-First Century Perspective,” in P. Lériche (ed.), Intercultural Encounter in the Hellenized Orient, UNESCO General Conference, September 2009. Paris.


Daszewski W.D., and D. Michaelides, 1988, Guide to the Paphos Mosaics, Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia.


Giudice, F., et al., 1994, “Paphos, Garrison’s Camp, Campagna 1990”, Report of the Department of Antiquities Cyprus, 215-268.  Nicosia.


Giudice, F., et al., 1996, “Paphos, Garrison’s Camp, Campagna 1991,” Report of the Department of Antiquities Cyprus, 171-268. Nicosia.


Green, J. R., 2007, “Paphos and the World of the Theater,” in P. Flourentzos, P., (ed.), From Evagoras I to the Ptolemies: The Transition from the Classical to the Hellenistic Period in Cyprus, Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, 3-16. 2007.


R. Gunnis, Historic Cyprus.  A guide to its towns and villages, monasteries and castles. (Nicosia 1936) 380.

Hadjisavvas, M., 1986, The Tombs of the Kings. Nicosia.


Hadjisavvas, S., 1985, “Excavations at the Tombs of the Kings,” in Karageorghis, V. (ed.), Archaeology in Cyprus 19601985, 262–68. Nicosia.


Hayes, J. W., 1985, “Sigillata Cipriota,” in Enciclopedia dell’ Arte Anica, Atlante delle forme ceramiche II, 79–91. Rome.


Hayes, J. W., 1991, Paphos III. The Hellenistic and Roman Pottery, Nicosia.


D.G. Hogarth, Devia Cypria.  Notes of an archaeological journey in Cyprus in 1888 (London  1889)12


Hölbl, G., 2001, A History of the Ptolemaic Empire. London and New York.


Kondoleon, C., 1995, Domestic and Divine: Roman Mosaics in the House of Dionysos, Ithaca and London.


Leonard, J., 1995, “Evidence for Roman Ports, Harbours and Anchorages in Cyprus,” in V. Karageorghis and D. Michaelides (eds.), Cyprus and the Sea, 227-46. Nicosia.


Maier F.G., and V. Karageorghis, V., 1984, Paphos: History and Archaeology. Nicosia.


Mehl, A., 2000, “Ελληνιστική Κύπρος,” in Ιστορία της Κύπρου, Αρχαία Κύπρος 2, in T. Papadopoulos (ed.), Archbishop Makarios III Foundation, 619-761. Nicosia.


Megaw, A.H.S, Agios Georgios Field Reports: JHS 70 (1950) 15; JHS 73 (1953) 137; JHS 74 (1954) 175; Archaeological Reports (1954) 33.


Megaw, A.H.S., 1974, “Byzantine Architecture and Decoration in Cyprus: Metropolitan or Provincial?”, Dumbarton Oaks Papers 28, 59–88. Washington.


Megaw, A.H.S., 1985, “Mosaici parietali paleobizantini di Cipro,” Corsi di cultura sull'arte ravennate e bizantina 32, 173–98.


Megaw, A.H.S., 1997, “The Aegean Connections of Cypriot Church-Builders in Late Antiquity,” in Proceedings of the International Archaeological Conference ‘Cyprus and the Aegean in Antiquity from the Prehistoric period to the 7th century A.D., Nicosia 8–10 December 1995, 343–52. Nicosia.


Michaelides, D., 1996, "The Economy of Cyprus during the Hellenistic and Roman Periods," in The Development of the Cypriot Economy from the Prehistoric Period to the Present Day, V. Karageorghis and D. Michaelides (eds.), 139-52. Nicosia.


Michaelides, D., 2001, “The Ambo of Basilica A at Cape Drepanon,” in Herrin, J., Mullett, M. and Otten-Froux, C. (eds.), Mosaic, Festschrift for A.H.S. Megaw (British School at Athens Studies 8) 43–56.


Młynarczyk, J., 1978, Hellenistic Terracotta Lamps from Nea Paphos, Report of the department of Antiquities Cyprus, 235-254. Nicosia.


Młynarczyk, J., 1985, “Remarks on the Temple of Aphrodite Paphos in Nea Pafos,” RDAC, 286–92. Nicosia.


Młynarczyk, J., 1990, Nea Paphos III. Nea Paphos In the Hellenistic Period, Warsaw.


Nicolaou, I., 1976, Prosopography of Hellenistic Cyprus, SIMA 44. Göteborg.


Nicolaou, I., 1976, A Ptolemaic Coin Hoard, Paphos I. Nicosia.


Nicolaou, I., 1990, The Coins from the House of Dionysos, Paphos II. Nicosia .


Nicolaou, K., 1967, “Excavations at Nea Paphos: The House of Dionysos. Outline of the campaigns 1964-65,” Report of the Department of Antiquities Cyprus,100-125. Nicosia.


Papantoniou, G., 2008, “Cypriot Sacred Landscapes from Basileus to Strategos: Methodological and Interpretative Approaches,” in G. Papantoniou, A. Fitzgerald, and S. Hargis (eds.), POCA 2005, Postgraduate Cypriot Archaeology, Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Meeting of Young Researchers on Cypriot Archaeology, Department of Classics, Trinity College, Dublin, 21-22 October 2005/ BAR International Series 1803, 37-45. London.


Rupp, D.W., 1997, “‘Metro’ Nea Paphos: Suburban Sprawl in Southwestern Cyprus in the Hellenistic and Earlier Roman Periods,” in W.E. Aufrecht, N.A. Mirau, S.W. Gauley (eds.), Aspects of Urbanism in Antiquity: from Mesopotamia to Crete, Supplement Series 244, 236-62. Sheffield.