Antinoöpolis
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Antinoöpolis (also Antinoopolis, Antinoë, Antinopolis; Ancient Greek: Ἀντινόουπόλις; Coptic: ⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲱⲟⲩ Antinow; Arabic: انصنا, romanized: Ansinā, modern Arabic: الشيخ عبادة, modern Sheikh 'Ibada or Sheik Abāda) was a city founded at an older Egyptian village by the Roman emperor Hadrian to commemorate his deified young beloved, Antinoüs, on the east bank of the Nile, not far from the site in Upper Egypt where Antinoüs drowned in 130 AD.[2] Antinoöpolis was a little to the south of the Egyptian village of Besa (Βῆσσα), named after the god and oracle of Bes.[3] Antinoöpolis was built at the foot of the hill upon which Besa was seated. The city is located nearly opposite of Hermopolis Magna and was connected to Berenice Troglodytica by the Via Hadriana.
Antinoöpolis
ⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲱⲟⲩ الشيخ عبادة أنصنا | |
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Coordinates: 27°48′27″N 30°52′48″E | |
Country | Egypt |
City | Minya |
Town | Mallawi |
Government | |
• Type | Minya Governorate |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |