Theadelpheia(74 words)
[German version]
(Θεαδέλφεια; Theadélpheia). Village in the Fayyum to the south of Lake Karun near modern (Baṭn) Ihrīt, founded under Ptolemaeus [3] II c. mid-3rd century BC and known from numerous papyrus finds. The chief deity was a crocodile god worshipped under the name Pnepheros.
Jansen-Winkeln, Karl (Berlin)
Bibliography
1 A. Calderini, Dizionario, vol. 2, 1977, 240-248; suppl. 1, 1988, 135 f.; suppl. 2, 1996, 66
2 E. Bernand, Recueil des inscriptions grecques du Fayoum, vol. 2, 1981, 1-86.
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Jansen-Winkeln, Karl (Berlin),
“Theadelpheia”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1206670>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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