Kymi (Greek: Κύμη, Kyme in Ancient Greek, Latinized as Cumae, Cyme or Cuma) is an ancient city in Euboea, Greece; the modern town Kymi at the same location has a current population of 8,772 (2001). Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The Ancient Greek language is the historical stage in the development of the Hellenic language family spanning the Archaic (c For the mythological figure see Euboea (mythology Euboea ( Modern Greek, Εύβοια - Évia &mdash Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία The Bronze Age settlement at Kymi has been excavated nearby Mourteri. The term Bronze Age refers to a period in human cultural development when the most advanced Metalworking (at least in systematic and widespread use included techniques for In the Iron Age, Kymi was among the earliest sources of Greek colonization, establishing the homonymous colony of Cumae in southern Italy. This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age for the mythological Iron Age see Ages of Man. There is also a small modern Greek Euboean city called Κυμη, near the ruins of the ancient Cuma

Notable people

• Georgios Papanikolaou (1883-1962) physician, a pioneer in cytology and early cancer detection