Arsinoe (Aethiopia)

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Arsinoe (Greek: Ἀρσινόη), sometimes called Arsinoe Epidires, was an ancient city of the Avalitæ, at Dire promontory in Aethiopia, north of Dire Berenices, and near the entrance of the Red Sea (Bab-el-Mandeb). The city was founded by Ptolemy II and named for Arsinoe II of Egypt, his wife and sister. Its location is near the modern-day city of Assab, in Eritrea. (Strabo xvi. p. 773; Mela, iii. 8; Plin. vi. 34; Ptol. iv. 5. § 14.)

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• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1857).
• Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), p. 4.

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• Hazlitt, Classical Gazetteer, p. 52