Arsinoe, Egypt
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Arsinoe was the name bestowed upon three different cities in ancient Egypt:
- Arsinoe, also called CrocodilopolisCrocodilopolisCrocodilopolis or Krokodilopolis or Ptolemais Euergetis or Arsinoe or Krialon was an ancient city in the Heptanomis, Egypt, the capital of Arsinoites nome, on the western bank of the Nile, between the river and the Lake Moeris, southwest of Memphis, in lat. 29° N...
, in the Fayyum, Middle Egypt - Arsinoe (Gulf of Suez)Arsinoe (Gulf of Suez)Arsinoe or Arsinoites or Cleopatris or Cleopatra, was an ancient city at the northern extremity of the Heroopolite Gulf , in the Red Sea.-History:...
, also called Cleopatris, at the head of the Gulf of Suez - Arsinoe, also called OlbiaOlbia (Egypt)Olbia or Arsinoe was an ancient city in the Regio Troglodytica upon the western coast of the Red Sea between Philoteras and Myos Hormos. . The city was renamed from Olbia to Arsinoe by Ptolemy II in honor of Arsinoe II of Egypt, who was both his sister and wife. According to Agatharchides Olbia...
, at the mouth of the Gulf of Suez