- Title Pages
- Hellenistic Culture and Society
- [UNTITLED]
- Dedication
- Preface
- The scholarship and the sources
- A Geographic Overview
-
I Northern Syria -
II Chalcidice -
III Cyrrhestice and Commagene Ainos -
IV Phoenicia -
V Southern Syria -
VI The Red Sea Basin and Indian Ocean -
VII Egypt -
VIII Alexandreia Near Egypt -
IX Cyrenaica -
I Founders -
II Settlements Attributed to Alexander in Syria, Phoenicia, and Egypt -
III Greek and Macedonian Toponyms That Reappear in Syria and Phoenicia -
IV “Alexandria ad Aegyptum” -
V Refoundations and New Foundations -
VI Foundations at or near Major Religious Centers -
VII Civic Institutions and Offices -
VIII Ethnics and Toponyms - Abbreviations
- Select bibliography
- Index of Ancient Place Names
- Maps
Egypt
Egypt
- Chapter:
- (p.345) VII Egypt (p.346)
- Source:
- The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa
- Author(s):
Getzel M. Cohen
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
This chapter summarizes the settlements in Euergetis, Kleopatra, Paraitonion, Philometoris, and Ptolemais in the Thebaid. Paraitonion was one of only two good harbors on the Egyptian coast; the other was Alexandreia. It was located at the site of the modern Mersa Matruh. A dedication to Ptolemy VI Philometor and Kleopatra, which dates to between 152 and 149 B.C., refers to Boethos as the founder of two cities in the Triakontaschoinos, Philometoris and Kleopatra. Strabo described Ptolemais as the largest city of the Thebaid. Ptolemais was located at the site of a native village—Psoi—in Upper Egypt on the west bank of the Nile River below Akhmim.
Keywords: Euergetis, Kleopatra, Paraitonion, Philometoris, Ptolemais, Thebaid, settlements
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- Title Pages
- Hellenistic Culture and Society
- [UNTITLED]
- Dedication
- Preface
- The scholarship and the sources
- A Geographic Overview
-
I Northern Syria -
II Chalcidice -
III Cyrrhestice and Commagene Ainos -
IV Phoenicia -
V Southern Syria -
VI The Red Sea Basin and Indian Ocean -
VII Egypt -
VIII Alexandreia Near Egypt -
IX Cyrenaica -
I Founders -
II Settlements Attributed to Alexander in Syria, Phoenicia, and Egypt -
III Greek and Macedonian Toponyms That Reappear in Syria and Phoenicia -
IV “Alexandria ad Aegyptum” -
V Refoundations and New Foundations -
VI Foundations at or near Major Religious Centers -
VII Civic Institutions and Offices -
VIII Ethnics and Toponyms - Abbreviations
- Select bibliography
- Index of Ancient Place Names
- Maps
