Lycopolis (Delta)
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| Lycopolis (Delta) | |
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  Lycopolis (Delta)
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| Coordinates: 27°11′N 31°11′E / 27.183°N 31.183°E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
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| Time zone | EST (UTC+2) |
| - Summer (DST) | +3 (UTC) |
Lycopolis or Lykopolis (Greek: Λυκούπολις, Strabo xvii. p. 802; Steph. B. s. v.), or the Deltaic Lycopolis was an ancient town in the Sebennytic nome, in the neighbourhood of Mendes, and, from its appellation, apparently founded by a colony of Osirian priests from Upper Egypt. The Deltaic Lycopolis was the birthplace of the Neo-Platonic philosopher Plotinus in 204. (Suidas, p. 3015.)
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- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1856).
