Sanctuary of Arsinoe Aphrodite at Cape Zephyrion
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Sanctuary of Arsinoe Aphrodite at Cape Zephyrion
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The Temple to Arsinoe Aphrodite at Cape Zephyrion was a sanctuary commissioned around 279 BCE by Kallikrates, the commander of the Ptolemaic Naval Fleet. A Graeco-Macedonian Ptolemaic Queen of Egypt, Arsinoe II was directly involved in public affairs, war planning, and public and private ritual rites. As Arsinoe II was involved in cult worship during her lifetime both alone and alongside her husband and brother Ptolemy II, after her death, Arsinoe was deified– primarily associated as an aspect o
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Temple of Aphrodite in Alexandria
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_of_Arsinoe_Aphrodite_at_Cape_Zephyrion
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2021-05-12T23:28:42Z
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2024-09-04T23:56:00Z
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