Λητοῦς

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Λητοῦς, πόλις Αἰγύπτου. ἔστι δὲ μοῖρα Μέμφιδος, καθ´ ἣν αἱ πυραμίδες. Λητοῦς ἱερόν. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τρίτῳ περὶ Αἰγύπτου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λητοπολίτης· οὕτως γὰρ Πολύστρατος καὶ Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς λεγόμενος ἀναγράφει.

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Text Details

Entry	#50
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 414.1 · Billerbeck Λ50
OCR	unknown
Word count	29

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander)	Περὶ Αἰγύπτου · FGrHist 273 F 7

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Αἴγυπτος	Egypt · place · corrected · Q11768
Μέμφις	Memphis · place
Λητώ	Leto · deity · corrected · Q1013648
Λητοπολίτης	Letopolites (inhabitant of Letopolis) · people
Πολύστρατος	Polystratos · person
Ἀπολλώνιος	Apollonios · person
Λητοῦς	place · explicit · wikidata: Q1013648 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	A sanctuary (temple) of Leto. The ethnicon is 'Lētopolítēs' (i.e. inhabitants called after Leto); thus Polýstratos and Apollōnios the high priest are recorded with that name.

Links

Place links	Letopolis \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
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