Global InformationZygris information
Zygris | |
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  Zygris Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 31°12′N 27°55′E / 31.200°N 27.917°E | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
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Zygris (Greek: Ζυγρίς; the inhabitants were called Zygritae, Ζυγρῖται) was a small town in the Roman province of Marmarica, a province also known as Libya Inferior. It was in the eastern part of this region, which some geographers considered a separate area, called Libycus Nomus, distinct from both Marmarica and Aegyptus.[1] It may have been located at Zaviet-El-Chammas in modern Egypt.[2] Diderot's Encyclopedia gave Solonet as its modern name.[3]
Ptolemy describes it as only a village.[4]
An ancient guide for sailing, the Stadiasmus Maris Magni, says that there was at Zygris an islet at which it was possible to put in and find water on the shore.[5]
- ^ "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), ZYGRIS". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Book 4, chapter 5
- ^ James Beresford, The Ancient Sailing Season (BRILL 2012) ISBN 978-90-0422352-3, p. 193