Διόσπολις

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Διόσπολις is an ancient Greek name used for several cities, most notably the Egyptian city of Thebes (Luxor), meaning “City of Zeus.”

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Διόσπολις canonical 1
Διόσπολις μεγάλη 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek exonym
ancient city name
toponym
associatedWithCulture Ancient Greek culture
associatedWithRegion Eastern Mediterranean
category Ancient Greek place names
Exonyms for Egyptian cities
correspondsToEgyptianName Waset
correspondsToModernCity Luxor
equivalentTheologicalAssociation Amun-Zeus
etymologyComponent Ζεύς (Zeus)
linked to: Zeus

πόλις (city)
hasVariant Diospolis
Diospolis Magna
Diospolis Parva
Διόσπολις ἡ μεγάλη (Diospolis the Great)
linked to: Diospolis Magna

Διόσπολις ἡ μικρά (Diospolis the Lesser)
linked to: Diospolis
language Ancient Greek
linkedToConcept syncretism of Greek and Egyptian religion
locatedIn Egypt
meaning City of Zeus
notableUsage name for Thebes, major religious center of Egypt
refersToDeity Zeus
transliteration Diospolis
usedBy Greek geographers
Hellenistic authors
Roman-era Greek writers
usedFor Thebes (Luxor)
a city in Lower Egypt (Diospolis Parva)
ancient Egyptian city of Waset
Θῆβαι Αἰγύπτου (Thebes in Egypt)
usedForMultipleCities true
usedInPeriod Hellenistic period
Roman period
writingSystem Greek alphabet

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diospolis hasGreekName Διόσπολις
Diospolis Magna hasGreekName Διόσπολις μεγάλη
linked to: Διόσπολις