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The traditional founder of the town was Golgos from Sikyon in the Peloponnese. This connection is further illustrated by an archaic limestone block found here, now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York. (The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites )
Golgus, (Golgos), a son of Adonis and Aphrodite, from whom the town of Golgi, in Cyprus, was believed to have derived its name. (Schol. ad Theocrit. xv. 100.)
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