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хачапурика 2023-07-11 08:00 UTC webpage
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Вдруг кому интересно, решил уточнить, почему "камень Афродиты" называют еще "Римский камень" >> Pe...
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странно, что не упомянут дигенис акритас!

The present name Petra tou Romiou ("Rock of the Greek") associates the place with the exploits of the hero Basil as told in the Digenes Akritas. Basil was half-Byzantine (East Roman or Romios) and half-Arabic,[1] hence the name Digenes (two-blood). Legend tells that the Christian Basil hurled a huge rock from the Troodos Mountains to keep off the invading [Saracens.[7]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saracen) A nearby rock is similarly known as the Saracen Rock.
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