- 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
Cyrenaica
Cyrenaica
- Chapter:
- (p.383) IX Cyrenaica (p.384)
- 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 describes the settlements in Apollonia, Arsinoe Taucheira, Berenike Euesperides, Kainopolis, and Ptolemais Barke. A group of terra-cotta figurines found at Apollonia has been tentatively dated to the first half of the fourth century B.C. Arsinoe was located 40 kilometers southwest of Ptolemais and 69 kilometers northeast of Berenike at the site of the modern oasis of Tocra. There are two references—both post-Hellenistic—to Kainopolis in Cyrenaica in the extant sources: Ptolemy and the Tabula Peutingeriana. Ptolemais had been wealthy and populous in ancient times; in time, however, the city became almost deserted because of the lack of water. Ptolemais was located on the Mediterranean coast at the site of the modern village of Tolmeta, approximately 100 kilometers east of Benghazi.
Keywords: Apollonia, Arsinoe Taucheira, Berenike Euesperides, Kainopolis, Ptolemais Barke, 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
