Foundation of the Arsinoite nome in Egypt

Title(s):
  • Foundation of the Arsinoite nome in Egypt
  • Κτίσις τοῦ ἐν Αἰγύπτωι ᾽Αρσινοήτου
    (Ktisis tou en Aigupto Arsinoētou, Foundation of the Arsinoite nome in Egypt)
Period covered:
3rd c. B.C.?
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (local history)
Remarks:
The reading of the manuscripts is κτῆσιν: because of its problematic meaning, Küster corrected it (η > ι). All subsequent editors have followed his emendation.
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Bibliography:
  • P. Janiszewski 2006) The missing link: Greek pagan historiography in the second half of the third century and in the fourth century A.D. Warsaw.
  • R.A. Kaster (1988) Guardians of language: The grammarian and society in Late Antiquity. Berkeley.