- The
third century writer Athenaeus came from
Naucratis. In the Deipnosophistae, he
writes that in
Naucratis the
people dine in the
Prytaneion on the natal...
-
Athenaeus of
Naucratis (/ˌæθəˈniːəs/;
Ancient Gr****: Ἀθήναιος ὁ Nαυκρατίτης or Nαυκράτιος, Athēnaios Naukratitēs or Naukratios; Latin:
Athenaeus Naucratita)...
- that he came from Alexandria;
Athenaeus and
Aelian say that he came from
Naucratis, some 70 km
south of
Alexandria along the
river Nile. No
source gives...
- ****enion (Gr****: Ἑλλήνιον) was an
ancient Gr****
sanctuary in
Naucratis (Egypt),
founded by the
cities Rhodes, Cnidus, Halicarn****us, Phaselis, Chios...
-
citizens of
Naucratis,
proves that in the
sphere of ****enic
culture Naucratis held to its traditions.
Ptolemy II
bestowed his care upon
Naucratis. He built...
-
Cleomenes (Gr****: Kλεoμένης Kleoménes; died 322 BC), a Gr**** of
Naucratis in
Ancient Egypt, was
appointed by
Alexander III of
Macedon as
nomarch of the...
- The
Naucratis Painter was a
Laconian vase
painter of the mid-sixth
century BC.
Naucratis was a Gr****
trading post (emporion) in Egypt. Two
fragments of...
-
Staphylus of
Naucratis was an
ancient Gr**** historian,
geographer and
mythographer quoted by
Strabo (x. p. 475),
Pliny (H. N. v. 31), and
Athenaeus (ii...
- Egypt's
first navy. Gr****
influence expanded greatly as the city-state of
Naucratis became the home of Gr****s in the Nile Delta. The
Saite kings based in...
-
Olympic flame once burnt. Athenaeus, in the Deipnosophistae,
writes that in
Naucratis the
people dined in the
Prytaneion on the
natal day of the
Hestia Prytanitis...
