. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . ers, and thatunder the Romans it was politically connected withCrete. The Greek colonization of this part ofAfrica under Battus began as early as B. c. 631;and it became celebrated for its commerce, physi-cians, philosophers (Philosophy), and poets. Al-ter the death of Alexander the Great, it became adependency of Egypt. In this period we find theJews established there with great privileges. Ptol-emy the son of Lagus introduced them (see 1 23). Soon after the Jewish war (a. d. 10) they 200 CYR CYR rose against the Roman power. In b. c. 75 thet
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . ers, and thatunder the Romans it was politically connected withCrete. The Greek colonization of this part ofAfrica under Battus began as early as B. c. 631;and it became celebrated for its commerce, physi-cians, philosophers (Philosophy), and poets. Al-ter the death of Alexander the Great, it became adependency of Egypt. In this period we find theJews established there with great privileges. Ptol-emy the son of Lagus introduced them (see 1 23). Soon after the Jewish war (a. d. 10) they 200 CYR CYR rose against the Roman power. In b. c. 75 theterritory of Cyrene was reduced to the form of aprovince. On the conquest of Crete (b. c. 67) thetwo were united in one province, and together fre-quently called Creta-Cyrene. The numbers and position of the Jews in Cyrene prepare us for thefrequent mention of the place in the N. T. in con-nection with Christianity. Simon, who bore ourSaviours cross (Mat. xxvii. 32 ; Mk. xv. 21; Lk. ) was a native of Cyrene. Jewish dwellers in Cyre-. Cyrene. The Necropolis or Cemetery.—(From Rawlinson3 Ihrodotua, Hi. 112.) naica were in Jerusalem at Pentecost (Acts ii. 10).They even gave their name to one of the synagoguesin Jerusalem (vi. 9). Christian converts from Cyrenewere among those who contributed actively to the for-mation of the first Gentile church at Antioch (). Lucius of Cyrene (xiii. 1) is traditionally said tohave been the first bishop of his native ruins of Cyrene occupy a vast space at themodern Ghrenna, 550 miles E. of the city of Tri-poli ; Apollonia, the port of Cyrene, about twelvemiles distant, is also in ruins. * Cy-reui-aii (Mk. xv. 21; Lk. xxiii. 26 ; Actsvi. 9) = a person from Cyrene. Cy-reni-US, the English rendering in the A. the Gr. Kurenios, which is itself the Greek formof the Roman name Quirinus ( = spearman, war-rior, Freund). The full name is Publius SulpiciusQuirinus. He was consul a. u. c. 742, b. c. 12, andmade governor of Syr
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