Krokodeilon polis
a Pleiades
name
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Creators: Sean Gillies, R. Müller Wollermann
Creators: Sean Gillies, R. Müller Wollermann
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History
Ancient Greek appellation recorded by Herodotus, Diodoros, and Strabon
Krokodeilon polis
Κροκοδείλων πόλις
Greek (ancient)
geographic name
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- Classical (Greco-Roman; 550 BC-330 BC) (confident)
- Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC) (confident)
- Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300) (confident)
- Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640) (confident)
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 75 D2 Krokodilopolis/Ptolemais Euergetis
This is an allusive appellation, as discussed by Cohen. See also Trismegestos: Egypt, 00d - Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum).