Zenon of Kaunos

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Zenon of Kaunos
Ζήνων
Born
NationalityGreek
Other namesZeno
Occupation(s)Financial private secretary and scribe
EraHellenistic period
EmployerApollonius
OrganizationPtolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
Known forZenon Papyri
Parent
  • Agreophon (father)

Zenon or Zeno (

Nile Valley
in 1914.

Biography

Zeno was a native of the Greek town of

Philadelphia in Egypt, a busy market town that had been founded on the edge of the Faiyum by Ptolemy II Philadelphus in honour of his sister Arsinoe II. From the 3rd century BC until the 5th century CE, Philadelphia was a thriving settlement that relied on agriculture for its economic success.[1][2] At Philadelphia, Zeno became a private secretary to Apollonius, the finance minister to Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Ptolemy III Euergetes.[3]

Drimylus and Dionysius, two Greek employees under Zeno, were reported to him for selling women as sex-slaves.[4]

The Zenon Papyri

Part of a letter discussing tax issues from the Zenon Archive, written in Greek on papyrus (3rd century BC, National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

During the winter of 1914–1915, Egyptian agricultural labourers were digging near the modern settlement of

The Zenon Archive has since been divided among several museum collections and academic institutions around the world, and papyri are now held in the collections of the

References

  1. ^ "Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza)". www.trismegistos.org. TM Places. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Where do the Zenon Papyri come from?". apps.lib.umich.edu. University of Michigan. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Who was Zenon". apps.lib.umich.edu. University of Michigan. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  4. ^ PSI 4.406 - attalus.org.
  5. ^ About the Zenon Papyri - University of Michigan.
  6. ^ Bierbrier 2012, p. 171.
  7. ^ Guérud 1939, pp. 3–10.
  8. ^ "Edgar plot". Rectory Lane Cemetery. Friends of St Peter's Berkhamsted. 2021. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Where are the Zenon Papyri now?". apps.lib.umich.edu. University of Michigan. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  10. ^ P.Cair.Zen., Zenon Papyri, Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire

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