Digenis Akritas was the most courageous of all the Akrites, who guarded the borders of Byzantium from the terrifying central Asian Saracens. “Petra tou Romiou” the giant stone that dominates the sea is associated with Digenis Akritas legend. Digeis Akritas, during the 7th – 10th Century repelled the Saracens who were preparing the plunder the area by grabbing onto the mountain range of Kyrenia by one hand as a result of which it took the shape and name Pentadactylos (five fingers), and with the other hand flung a huge rock (stone of Romios) into the sea against the Saracens who left fleeing.
