Arsinoe (Ethiopia)

Arsinoe (Ethiopia)

Arsinoe (Greek: polytonic|Ἀρσινόη), sometimes called Arsinoe Epidires, was an ancient city of the Avalitæ, at Dire promontory in Eritrea, north of Dire Berenices, and near the entrance of the Red Sea (Bab-el-Mandeb). The city was founded by Ptolemy II and named for Arsinoe II of Egypt, his wife and sister. Its location is near the modern-day city of Asseb, in Eritrea. (Strabo xvi. p. 773; Mela, iii. 8; Plin. vi. 34; Ptol. iv. 5. § 14.)

References

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* Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), p. 4.

External links

* [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/gazetteer/0054.html Hazlitt, Classical Gazetteer, p. 52]


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