ARCHANDROTPOLIS
ARCHANDROTPOLIS (
Ἀρχάνδρου πόλις,
Hdt. 2.97,
98;
Steph. B. sub voce: Eth.
Ἀρχανδροπολίτης), a city in Lower Egypt, between Naucratis and Sais, which derived its name, according to Herodotus, from Archandros of This, the father-in-law of Danaus.
He observes that Archandros is not an Egyptian appellation. [
ANDROPOLIS]
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