Hellenion (Naucratis)

"For other uses, see Hellenion"

Hellenion (Greek: polytonic|Ἑλλήνιον) [spelled also Helleneion] was an Ancient Greek sanctuary [Excursions in Epichoric History: Aiginetan Essays [http://books.google.com/books?id=VWzjMXir8yIC&pg=PA319&dq=Hellenion&sig=FCOI1uIYpNei9K-lK8xAjiZQQ3E Page 319] By Thomas J. Figueira ISBN 0847677923] [More Studies in the Ancient Greek "polis" [http://books.google.com/books?id=E1JwaNcuT0sC&pg=PA24&dq=Hellenion&sig=dr7_eOK7elrssfZ1kiKhLZcE4jE Page 24] By Mogens Herman Hansen, Kurt A. Raaflaub ISBN 3515069690] in Naucratis (Egypt), founded by the cities Rhodos,Cnidus,Halicarnassus,Phaselis,Chios,Teos,Phocaea,Clazomenae [Religion and Colonization in Ancient Greece [http://books.google.com/books?id=A-0UAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA130&dq=Hellenion&lr=&sig=NZWhkD-lOGw761RqQRr6kY_gw80 Page 130] By Irad Malkin ISBN 9004071199] and Mytilene [Herodotus [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0126:book=2:chapter=178:section=1 2.178.1] ] in the reign of Amasis (6th century BC).

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