EXTRA LENGTH EPISODE | The British Empire in Cyprus - Part 2 | 2,700 Years of History [Episode 122]

Don't be shy, send me a message! Homer wrote in the Odyssey (VIII) that Cyprus was the birthplace of Aphrodite (Goddess of Love), and that she came to Paphos 'where she has a shrine with an alter fragrant with incense'. That's how far back British colonial official Captain C.W.J. Orr choses to go in the second chapter of his book "Cyprus Under British Rule" (published 1918). I go through this chapter, titled 'History to the British Occupation' partially in repost to modern ideas that those wh...