Misplaced Pages

Aphroditopolis

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

Aphroditopolis or Aphrodites Polis (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτης πόλις), meaning city of Aphrodite, is the Greek name of several places in ancient Egypt:

  • Aphroditopolis in the Antaiopolite Nome, also called Aphrodito, ancient Per-Wadjet, now the village of Kom Ishqaw
  • Aphroditopolis in the Aphroditopolite Nome, now the village of Atfih
  • Aphroditopolis in the Faiyum Oasis, village attested between 3rd century BC and the 3rd century AD
  • Aphroditopolis in the Pathyrite Nome, now the village of Gebelein

See also

References

  1. ^ Kyriakos Savvopoulos, "Popular Divine Imagery in Hellenistic and Roman Alexandria. The Terracotta Figurines Collection of the Patriarchal Sacristy in Alexandria", The Annual of the British School at Athens 114 (2019): 329n: "the 2nd Nome and its capital were named after Aphrodite ... in addition to another three towns".
Disambiguation iconIndex of articles associated with the same name This set index article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names).
If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Category: