When the ships of the Achaeans arrived at the shores of Cyprus looking for a new Fatherland, after they were considered unwanted in their town kingdoms, after they destroyed Troy, the sea guided them to the beach that is today called “Beach of Agios Ermogenis”, southwest of the village of Episkopi.
They built their new Kingdom on the peak of a coastal hill, where a flat valley that extends to many kilometres, and they called it “Curium”. Their town was walled with natural strongholds. On the south there were vertical cliffs and a wild sea was at their feet. From the west, the raider would have to cover great distances, through a rugged ground covered in dense forests. On the east side, there was a narrow, intense uphill stripe of land, a few metres wide, that guided to the Town Kingdom.
In this secure environment, Curium (Kourio) flourished. They built a great theatre with 3000 seats. They built a market. They built a stadium with a capacity of 6000 spectators, with seven series of stone seats.
The Achaeans brought their Gods with them when they came to Cyprus. Thus they built a marble Temple dedicated to God Apollon Ylatis on the west of the Stadium in the dense forest with pine and juniper trees.
