According to mythology, after the fall of Troy, Greek immigrants led by Chytros, son of Alexander and grandson of the Athenian Acamas,[1] hero of the Attic tribe of the same name, settled in Cyprus.

The modern village of Kythrea is situated near the ancient kingdom of Chytroi which was founded by Chytros.

[2] Later forms of the name are Cythraia, Cythereia, Cythroi, Chytrides; according to the work of Athanasios Sakellarios (Κυπριακά, 1890, 202–205) Kyrka should be Cythera or Cythereia; he identifies Chytri with Palo-Kythro, a village with ruins two hours south of Kyrka.

Lequien's list of the bishops of the see (II, 1069) is very incomplete, only eight being recorded: the first is St. Pappus, who suffered martyrdom under Licinius, Maximinus or Constantius Chlorus; the most famous is St. Demetrian, 885-912 (?).

Orthodox, see of similar title was suppressed in 1222 by Cardinal Pelagius, the papal legate,[6] while the islands was a Latin crusader kingdom.