Zenon of Kaunos

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Zenon of Kaunos was the son of Agreophon and a successful landowner and wholesaler in the 3rd century BC . He lived at least until 243 BC. Chr. (Year of birth unknown). Around 260 BC He was for Apollonios, the dioiketes of Ptolemy II. , In Asia Minor , Syria and Palestine , in 258 he was secretary of Apollonios in the arsinoitic district of Egypt in Philadelphia . From 246 B.C. He lived as a private citizen in Philadelphia (Egypt) . He conducted extensive official and private correspondence, which is particularly valuable for understanding early Ptolemaic Egypt. This correspondence is known today as the "Zenon Archives".

literature

  • Xavier Durand: Des Grecs en Palestine au IIIe siècle avant Jésus-Christ. Le dossier syria of the archives de Zénon de Caunos (261–252). Gabalda, Paris 1997, ISBN 2-85021-101-X ( Cahiers de la Revue Biblique 38).
  • Claude Orrieux: Les papyrus de Zénon. L'horizon d'un grec un Égypte au IIIe siècle avant JC Macula, Paris 1983, ISBN 2-86589-008-2 .
  • Michael Rostovtzeff : A large estate in Egypt in the third century, BC A study in economic history. University of Wisconsin, Madison WI 1922 ( University of Wisconsin Studies in the Social Sciences and History 6, ZDB -ID 434354-2 ), ( online ).
  • Reinhold Scholl : Slavery in the Zenon Papyri. An investigation into the slave terms, slave acquisition and slave flight. Verlag Trier Historical Research, Trier 1983, ISBN 3-923087-03-9 ( Trier Historical Research 4), (At the same time: Trier, Univ., Diss., 1982).

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personal data
SURNAME Zenon of Kaunos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Egyptian official
DATE OF BIRTH before 270 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 243 BC Chr.