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🌍 Scythopolis (Egypt)

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  • Alternative name
    🌍 Nysa (alt. Scythopolis)
    Information
    city in Egypt
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678378
    Place of burial of
    👤 Nysa (n. of Dionysos) nurse of Dionysos
    Founded by
    👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god
    Founded from
    🌍 Scythia region north of the Black Sea
    Related entities
    👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god🌍 Scythia region north of the Black Sea👤 Nysa (n. of Dionysos) nurse of Dionysos
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pliny, Natural History 5.74
    Mentioned in text
    Pliny, Natural History
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