Lapathus (Cyprus)
Lapathus, also recorded as Lapethus, Lepethis, and Lapithus, was an ancient Cypriot town near present-day Lampousa and Karavas.History
The foundation of Lapathus was credited to the Phoenicians. Nonnus claimed the name derived from an eponymous Lapathus, a follower of Dionysus. Strabo said that it received a Spartan colony headed by Praxander. He adds that it was situated opposite to the town of Nagidus in Cilicia and possessed a harbour and docks. It was situated in the north of the island, on a river of the same name and in a district called Lapethia.
In the war between Ptolemy and Antigonus, Lapathus and its king Praxippus sided with the latter. The name of the place became synonymous with stupidity.Citations
