It, too, had a founding myth: it was said to have been founded by Agapenor, chief of the Arcadians at the siege of Troy, who, after the capture of that town, was driven by the storm that separated the Greek fleet, onto the coast of Cyprus.
Tamén tiña un mito de fundación: se dixo que fundouna Agapenor, xefe dos arcadios no sitio de Troia,, que, logo da captura da cidade, foi levado pola tormenta que o separou da frota grega cara á costa de Chipre.(Pausanias viii.