Hermopolis[1] (Ancient Greek: ἙρμούπολιςHermoúpolis "the City of Hermes", also Hermopolis Magna, Ἑρμοῦ πόλις μεγάληHermoû pólis megálẽ,[2] Ancient Egyptian: ḫmnwχaˈmaːnaw, Egyptological pronunciation: "Khemenu"; Coptic: ϢⲙⲟⲩⲛShmun, and thus Arabic: الأشمونين, romanized: al-Ashmunayn, lit. 'The Two Shmun') was a major city in antiquity, located near the boundary between Lower and Upper Egypt. Its name is derived from the Ogdoad, eight associated deities residing in Hermopolis.
Black siltstone obelisk of King Nectanebo II (r. 358 to 340 BCE). According to the vertical inscriptions he set up this obelisk at the doorway of the sanctuary of Thoth Thrice-Great, Lord of Hermopolis. It is now on display in the British Museum, London.
A provincial capital since the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Hermopolis developed into a major city of Roman Egypt, and an early Christian center from the third century. It was abandoned after the Muslim conquest of Egypt but was restored as both a Latin Catholic (meanwhile suppressed) and a Coptic Orthodox titular see.
Its remains are located near the modern town of el-Ashmunein (from the Coptic name[3]) in Mallawi, Minya Governorate, Egypt.
^(Ammianus Marcellinus, II 16)
^"Great Hermopolis", for distinction with Lesser Hermopolis,
e.g. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.Ἑρμοῦ πόλις; Ptolemy IV 5. § 60. Antonine Itinerary pp. 154f.
^Cite error: The named reference Coptic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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