Anthylla
30°47′40″N 30°36′01″E / 30.79444°N 30.60028°E
Anthylla (Ancient Greek: Ἄνθυλλα) or Andylla (Ancient Greek: Ἀντυλλα) is an ancient city of Lower Egypt, on the Canopus branch of the Nile River.
Herodotus describes it as a town of some reputation and states that its revenues were assigned to the Egyptian queen for the provision of her shoes, an arrangement that, he notes, continued under Persian rule.[1] Herodotus also mentions that it was close to the "town of Archander" (Ἀρχάνδρου πόλις),[1] also known as "Archandroupolis" (Ἀρχανδρούπολις).[2]
According to Athenaeus, Anthylla provided the queen of Egypt with her furnishings and was renowned for producing some of the best wine in Egyptian vineyards.[3]
It is sometimes thought to be the ancient city of Gynaecopolis.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Herodotus, The Histories, 2.97-2.99
- ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, 467
- 1 2 "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography". Perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
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