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Canobus
Canopus ( , , ; , ), also known as Canobus (, ), was an ancient Egyptian coastal town, located in the Nile Delta. Its site is in the eastern outskirts of modern-day Alexandria, around from the center of that city. Canopus was located on the western bank at the mouth of the westernmost branch of the Delta – known as the Canopic or Heracleotic branch. It belonged to the seventh Egyptian Nome (Egypt), Nome, known as ''Menelaites'', and later as ''Canopites'', after it. It was the principal port in Egypt for Greek trade before the foundation of Alexandria, along with Naucratis and Heracleion. Its ruins lie near the present Egyptian town of Abu Qir. Land in the area of Canopus was subject to rising sea levels, earthquakes, tsunamis, and large parts of it seem to have succumbed to liquefaction sometime at the end of the 2nd century BC. The eastern suburbs of Canopus collapsed, their remains being today submerged in the sea, with the western suburbs being buried beneath the modern c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canopus (mythology)
In Ancient Greece, Greek mythology, Canopus or Canobus (Ancient Greek: Κάνωβος) was the pilot of the ship of Menelaus, King Menelaus of Sparta during the Trojan War. Mythology Canopus is described as a handsome young man who was loved by an Egyptian prophetess, Theonoe (daughter of Proteus), Theonoe, but never reciprocated her feelings. According to legend, while visiting the Egyptian coast, Canopus was bitten by a serpent and died. His master, Menelaus, erected a monument to him at one of the mouths of the Nile, River Nile, around which the town of Canopus (Egypt), Canopus later developed.Strabo, 17.1.17 Legacy Also named for Canopus is Canopus, the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina (constellation), Carina (the ''keel'' of the ship Argo), and the second-brightest star in the night sky, after Sirius. The last de Havilland Comet jet airliner ever flown was named Canopus. After retirement, it was kept at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome in England. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
