Naucratis

American  

[naw-kruh-tis] / ˈnɔ krə tɪs /

noun

1. an ancient Greek city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.

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Naucratis British  

/ ˈnɔːkrətɪs /

noun

1. an ancient Greek city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta: founded in the 7th century _bc

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Naucratis

The work itself has vanished, but 62 fragments remain, quoted in a Roman text by Athenaeus of Naucratis.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 12, 2011

Athenaeus of Naucratis, writing in the late second or early third century ce, preserved a contemporary description of the coronation festivities for Ptolemy II Philadelphus in 285.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Their spies had made frequent visits to Melcatis, Naucratis, Sai, Menuf, and Teremethis, and had sailed across the Canopus and Bolbita arms of the Nile.

From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Curtin, Jeremiah

We first find polychrome decoration, whether in wash or outline, in a small class of fragments from Naucratis, of the 6th century b.c., which technically are of a very advanced character.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

The author of the Deipnosophists was an Egyptian, born in Naucratis, a town on the left side of the Canopic Mouth of the Nile.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us