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This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Paola Ascheri and first published on 05/06/2009.

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Biography:

Stephanus of Byzantium¹ furnishes the only two pieces of information that we know about this person: he was native of Cyprian Salamis, and he believed that the name of this Cypriote city was derived from the name of a wind, the κάρβα, w…