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The Egyptian Greeks, also known as Egyptiotes (Greek: Αιγυπτιώτες, romanized: Eyiptiótes) or simply Greeks in Egypt (Greek: Έλληνες της Αιγύπτου, romanized: Éllines tis Eyíptou), are the ethnic Greek community from Egypt that has existed from the Hellenistic period until the aftermath of the Egyptian coup d'état of 1952, when most were forced to leave.
Coptic names refer to the personal names used by the Copts, the indigenous Christian inhabitants of Egypt.They reflect the intersection of Egyptian, Greek, Arab and Christian influences in the region and encompass a diverse range of naming practices, which have evolved over centuries.
Ancient Egyptian Nome Name Ancient Greek and Coptic Nome Name Capital Modern name of capital site God Image Unicode Transliteration Translation Greek Coptic 1 𓈠: jnb-ḥḏ Inebu-hedj. White Walls Μεμφίτης Memphites ⲙⲛⲫⲉ/ ⲉⲕⲉⲡϯⲁ jnb-ḥḏ Ineb-Ḥedj ( 𓏠𓈖𓄤𓆑𓂋𓉴𓊖 mn-nfr Mennefer) Mit Rahina: Ptah: 2
Distinctly Greek names are also largely retained for places without significant modern Greek populations that had a larger Greek-speaking presence until relatively recent times in history, including many areas in what are now Turkey, Egypt, Russia and Ukraine.
The Ptolemies therefore limited the number of Greek city-states in Egypt to Alexandria, Ptolemais, and Naucratis. Outside of Egypt, the Ptolemies exercised control over Greek cities in Cyrenaica, Cyprus, and on the coasts and islands of the Aegean, but they were smaller than Greek poleis in Egypt. There were indeed country towns with names such ...
Thoth (from Koinē Greek: Θώθ Thṓth, borrowed from Coptic: Ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ Thōout, Egyptian: Ḏḥwtj, the reflex of ḏḥwtj "[he] is like the ibis") is an ancient Egyptian deity. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon , animals sacred to him.
Egyptian magic began to incorporate Christian concepts as Christianity was established in Egypt, but Egyptian and Greek deities continued to appear in spells long after their temple worship had ceased. [129] Spells that may date to the sixth, seventh, or eighth centuries CE invoke the name of Isis alongside Christian figures. [130]
Apollonius (finance minister) – finance minister of Egypt; ... name of several women; Archidamis (Ἀρχίδαμις) – daughter of the Spartan King Cleadas ...