Apollonopolis Explained

Apollonopolis or Apollinopolis (Greek: Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις) may refer to any of several ancient cities in Egypt or Aethiopia, including:

• Apollonopolis Magna, the "Great Apollonopolis", capital of its own nome, now Edfu, Egypt
• Apollonopolis Parva, the "Lesser Apollonopolis", was applied to two different cities:
  • Apollonopolis Parva (Hypselis) in the Hypseliote nome
  • Apollonopolis Parva in the Coptite nome, now Qus
• Apollonos Hydreium in the Thebaid was called Apollonopolis
• Apollonopolis in eastern Aethiopia