Walking through the old town of Larnaca, with its narrow streets, bustling seafront and echoes of centuries of trade, it is easy to forget that this city once produced one of the most influential ...
Source: Wikimedia commons, public domain. Zeno (b. 334 BCE), the founder of Stoicism, hailed from Citium (modern-day Larnaca) in Cyprus, and may have been of Phoenician origin. As a young man, Zeno ...
In ancient Greece, purple dye was as expensive as silver. The color purple was used only in the garments of emperors or high nobles. Zeno, a philosopher from Citium, was a merchant who dealt in this ...