Founding a Sarapeum

Founding a Sarapeum

<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">A letter in the Zenon archive (</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><em>P.Cair.Zen.</em></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">&...

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Main Author: Kent J. Rigsby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Duke University 2006-02-01
Series:Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
Online Access:http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/1991
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spelling doaj-1fb338b2285c47f5a6c9f74202d222cb2021-09-02T07:36:23ZengDuke UniversityGreek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies0017-39162159-31592006-02-014211171242161Founding a SarapeumKent J. Rigsby<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">A letter in the Zenon archive (</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><em>P.Cair.Zen.</em></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">59034 of 257 B.C.) urging the</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><em>dioiketes</em></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Apollonius to help build a shrine of Sarapis concerns Memphis in Egypt, not a city overseas, and can be seen as an effort to give the Greeks of Memphis a cult place independent of the great Sarapeum outside of the city.</span>http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/1991
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description <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">A letter in the Zenon archive (</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><em>P.Cair.Zen.</em></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">59034 of 257 B.C.) urging the</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><em>dioiketes</em></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Apollonius to help build a shrine of Sarapis concerns Memphis in Egypt, not a city overseas, and can be seen as an effort to give the Greeks of Memphis a cult place independent of the great Sarapeum outside of the city.</span>
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