Kynopolis (Lower Egypt)

Kynopolis , also Kynopolites , was the ancient Greek name of an ancient Egyptian city. The Greek name was κυνῶν πολις - city ​​of dogs . The place was on the west bank of the Nile arm of Damiette , south of Abusir (today Banā ). In Christian times the place was a bishopric.

literature

• Hans Bonnet: Kynopolis . In: Lexicon of the Egyptian History of Religion, Hamburg 2000 ISBN 3-937872-08-6 , p. 412 f.
• Karl Jansen-Winkeln : Kynopolis, Kynopolites . In: Der Neue Pauly , Vol. 6 (1999), Col. 978.

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