Apollonopolis
Apollonopolis or Apollinopolis (Greek: Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις) may refer to any of several ancient cities in Egypt or Aethiopia, including:
- Apollonopolis Magna, the "Great Apollonopolis", capital of its own nome, now Edfu, Egypt
- Apollonopolis Parva, the "Lesser Apollonopolis", was applied to two different cities:
- Apollonopolis Parva (Hypselis) in the Hypseliote nome, today known as Qus
- Apollonopolis Parva (Coptos) in the Coptite nome
- Apollonos Hydreium in the Thebaid was called Apollonopolis
- Apollonopolis (Aethiopia) in eastern Aethiopia
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