U03 - Hierakopolis (Kom el-Ahmar)
Strabon, Geographia
Passus 17, 1, 47 [g] (C 817): Ἱεράκων πόλις
| Date: | AD 15 - 23 about? |
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| Status: | polis + gen. |
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| Details: | 'Then Krokodilopolis, which holds in honour that animal. Then Aphroditopolis, and, after this, Latopolis, which holds in honour Athena and the latos fish; then Eileithyiopolis and a temple; and on the far side (of the river) lies Hierakopolis, which holds the hawk in honour; then Apollonopolis, which also carries on war against the crocodiles.' |
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