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Cynopolis (Greek for "city of the dog")〔Room, ''op.cit.'', p.102〕 was the Hellenistic name for two cities in Ancient Egypt. Both Cynopolis superior and Cynopolis inferior were bishoprics in Christian times.〔Wiltsch, ''op.cit.'', pp.184f.〕 == Cynopolis superior == Cynopolis, the Greek name for the ancient Egyptian town Hardai〔Edwards et al.,''op.cit.'', p.631〕 in the seventeenth nome of Upper Egypt, it was home to the cult of Anubis, 〔Helck, ''op.cit.'', p.113〕 a canine-shaped god. According to Claudius Ptolemy, the town was situated on an island in the river.〔Lane, ''op.cit.'', p.31〕 The modern settlement identified with Cynopolis is El Kays.〔Lane, ''op.cit.'', p.27〕 The nome of Cynopolis extended to both banks of the Nile.〔Lane, ''op.cit.'', p.248〕 A burial ground for dogs is found on the opposite Nile bank near Hamatha. Rivalries between neighbouring cities are reported: according to Plutarch (''De Iside'', 72), when an inhabitant of Cynopolis ate an Oxyrhynchos fish, the people of Oxyrhynchos started attacking dogs in revenge, which resulted in a little civil war.〔Sayce et al., ''op.cit., p.77〕 Cynopolis was destroyed by the vice-roy of Nubia Pinehesy during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses XI, and the survivors were enslaved.〔Edwards, ''op.cit.'', p.631〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cynopolis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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