Part 2 — INDEX OF MAIN REFERENCES
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Abercrombie, General, 87, 165
Abou, Bakr, Rock, 132
Abou el Nawatir, Hill, 96, 165
Aboukir, 176-184 battle of, 87, 179 lake of, 87 see Canopus
Abousir, 191-192
Aboumna, 195 see St. Menas
Abyssinians, 76
Achilles Tatius, bishop and novelist, 104
Actium, Battle, 26
Adonis—Festival, 32-33
Akhmin Tapestries, 110, 112
Alexander the Great, 8-9, 27, 115
Alexandria, passim
Alexandrian Year see Calendar
Alison, General, 95-96, 165
Allenby, General, 156
Ammon, St., 50
Ammonius Saccas, philosopher 65
Amr, 54-57
Amrieh, 190-191
Anfouchi Catacombs, 126-129
Annianus, St., 45
Antirrhodus, island, 17
Antoniadis Villa, 92, 96, 157
Antoninus, philosopher, 180
Antony, Mark, 25-27
Antony, St., 50
Apis, 18
Apollonius of Perga, mathematician, 37
Apollonius of Rhodes, poet, 30-31
Arab Conquest, 52-59 town, 80-81 walls, 81, 106, 155
Arabi Pacha, 93-96
Arcadius, Emperor, 195
Aristarchus of Samos, astronomer, 41
Arius and Arianism, 48-49, 75-76
Arsinoe, wife of Ptolemy II, 12, 14, 21
Art under Ptolemies, 35
220Astronomy under Ptolemies, 41
Athanasius, St., 48-49, 75
Augustus see Octavian
Bahig, 191
Banco di Roma, 103
Baramus, St., 207
Basilides, gnostic, 71
Bathing, 132, 166, 175, 182
“Battle of the Nile,” 87, 177
Belon, Pierre, (old map), 83
Berenice wife of Ptolemy I, 136
Berenice wife of Ptolemy III, and her Hair, 15, 28, 30, 41
Bir Hooker, 201
Birds, 201
Bolbitinè, 185
Bombardment of Alexandria, 93-96
Bourse, 103
Breakwater, Eastern, 138 Western, 129
Breccia, E. Professor, iv, 107
Bruey’s, Admiral, 86-87, 177-179
Bryaxis, sculptor, 19
Burg el Arab, 194
Butler, A. J., 205
Caesar, Julius, 23-25
Caesareum see Temples, Churches
Caesarion, 26
Calendar, 41-42
Callimachus, poet, 30-31, 156
Canopus, 7, 113, 120, 176-177, 180, 182 Decree of, 42, 182 Canopic Mouth of Nile, 25, 80 Canopic Street, Alexandria, 10, 49, 80, 104-115 Canopic Vases, 115 see Aboukir
Carpocrates, gnostic, 71
Catechetical School, 46, 73
Catherine of Alexandria, St., 46, 106, 142 see Churches
Cavafy, C. P., poet, V., 98
Cemeteries, Ancient, 119, 129, 156, 163 Modern, 143, 163 see Tombs
Cerinthus, gnostic, 71
Chalcedon, Council of, 52, 76
Champs Elysées, 152
221Charmian, 27, 214
Chatby, 163-164
Chérif Pacha, Rue, 103
Christianity, Early, 45-52, 69-77 Contemporary, 211-213 remains in Museum, 110, 120 see Churches
Churches: (i) Ancient: St. Athanasius, 143; see Mosque, Attarine SS. Cyr and John, Aboukir, 183, 177 St. Mark, 46, 48, 160, 163 St. Menas (remains), 195-200 St. Michael, 161: see Temple Caesareum St. Theonas 46, 49, 170 (ii) Existing: All Saints: Anglican, 166 Armenian, 143, 155 Cathedral, Coptic Catholic, 154 Cathedral, Coptic Orthodox, 160-161 Cathedral, Greek Community, 142 Maronite, 140 St. Catherine’s Catholic Cathedral, 142 St. Mark’s, Anglican, 102 St. Saba, Greek Patriarchate, 106 Wady Natrun Churches, 204-209 see also 211-213
Clement of Alexandria, Hestogian, 46, 73
Cleopatra, 23-27, 214-216 “Baths”, 183 “Needles”, 26, 90, 137, 161-162
Coins, Ancient, 111-112
Constantine, Emperor, 47-49
Constantinople, 47
Constantius, Emperor 49
Copts, 51-52, 76, 201
Crusaders, 145, 186
Curzon’s “Monasteries of the Levant,” 206
Cyril, Patriarch, 51
Cyrus, Patriarch, 54-56
Damiana, St., 160
De Cerisy, 91
Decius, Emperor, 46
Dekhela, 171
Demetrius Phalerus, philosopher, 17
Demiurge, 71-72
De Monconys (old map), 84
Dinocrates, architect, 8, 20
222Diocletian, Emperor, 46, 146
Dioscurus, Patriarch, 51
Dryden’s “All for Love” 215-216.
Earle, General, 102
Edku, 184-185
Egypt passim
Egyptian Government Hospital, 162
El Deraoui, poet, 137
Ennaton Monastery, 50
Ephraim, St., 207
“Era of Martyrs”, 47
Erasistratus, physiologist, 42
Eratosthenes, astronomer, 37, 37, 40, 41
Euclid, mathematician, 37
Farkha Canal, 152, 155
Fay, Mrs. Eliza, visitor, 84
Fayoum, 110, 113, 114, 118, 120
Forts: Adda, 94, 132 Agame, 6, 171 Kait Bey, 81, 94, 133-140: see Pharos Kait Bey, Aboukir, 182 Kom-el-Dik 106 Kom-el-Nadoura (Cafarelli), 170 Ramleh, Aboukir, 183 Saba, Aboukir, 182 St. Julien, Rosetta, 188 Tewfikieh, Aboukir, 180
Foxe, John, visitor, 82
Frazer, General, 89, 106
French see Napoleon
French War Memorial, 156
Furness, R. A., v, 30, 68
Gabbari, 171
Gardens: Antoniadis, 157 Cromer Park, 154 French, 102 Municipal, 154 Nouzha, 156 Private, 166
Gate of the Moon, 53
Gate of the Sun (Rosetta Gate), 121
Gelal ed Din ben Mokram, poet, vi
Geography, Ptolemaic, 37
Geology of District, 5-6
Gnosticism, 71-72
223Gospels: St. Mark’s, 72 according to the Egyptians, 73, 217 according to the Hebrews, 73, 217 uncertain sources, 217
Grammar, Greek, 34
Greeks passim
Hadra, 156
Hadrian, Emperor, 45
Harbours: Eastern, Ancient “Great Harbour,” 5, 10, 140 Western, Ancient “Eunostos,” 10, 91, 129 Prehistoric, 130-132
Heptastadion, Dyke, 10, 20, 24, 80
Hercules, 26, 98
Heraclius, Emperor, 52-54
Hooker, A. H. 201
Hutchinson, General, 88
Hydrobiologyl, Institute of, 163
Hypatia, philosopher and martyr, 37, 51, 68
Hypsicles, mathematician, 37
Iras, 27, 214
Islam, 53, 77-78
Jennings Bramly, W. E., 194
Jews, 62
Jondet, E., 130
Julian, Emperor, 49
Kait Bey, Sultan, 137-139
Kom es Chogafa Catacombs, 148-151
Lang, Andrew, 32
Library: “Daughter,” 19, 50, 145, 147 “Mother,” 18, 24 Modern, 107
Literature, Ptolemaic, 29-34
Logos, 63-64
Ludolf, G. H., v
Macarius, St., 201, 208
Mahmoudieh Canal, 91, 151, 171
Marabout Island, 171, 172
Mariout, Lake, 5, 87, 88, 190, 191
Mark St., 45, 81
Maronites, 140
Mathematics, Ptolemaic, 37
McKenna, S. 67
Medicine, Ptolemaic, 37
Menas, St., 46, 195
Menelaus, 7
224Mex, 92, 171
Minet-el-Bassal, 170-171
Modern Alexandria, 90-93
Modern Religious Communities, 211-213
Mohammed, 53
Mohammed Ali, 88-93, 102
Monks, 50-51
Monophysism, 51-52, 76-77
Monothelism, 76-77
Montazah, 175
Mosques at Alexandria: Abou Ali, 125 Abou el Abbas Moursi, 126 Amr, 57, 144 Attarine, 49, 81, 143 Bouseiri, 126 Chorbagi, 124 Ibrahim Pacha, 124 Kait Bey, 139 Prophet Daniel, 81, 104 Sidi Bishr, 166 Sidi Daoud, 126 Sidi Gaber, 165 Terbana, 125 Thousand Columns, 81, 170 Yehia, 166
Mosques at Rosetta: Abou Mandour, 188 Mohammed el Abbas, 188 Toumaksis, 188 Zagloul, 187
Mouseion, 17, 28-29, 105
Mukankas see Cyrus
Mummies, 113, 118
Museum, Greco-Roman, 107-121 under Ptolemies: see Mouseion
Mustapha Pacha, 96, 165
Napier, Sir C., 89-90
Napoleon, 86-87, 179-180
Natrun Monasteries, 202-209
Nelson, 86-87, 177-178 Island, 177, 179, 182
Neo-Platonism, 64-68
New Quays, 140
Nicaea, Council of, 48, 106
Nicene Creed, 49, 218
Nicopolis, 44, 165
225Nile, 5., 188
Norden, Captain, 82, 84
Nouzha, 156-157
Nubar Pacha, 143, 155
Octavian, Emperor, 25-27, 44
Ophites, 71
Origen, Theologian, 46, 73-74
Osiris, 18 see Temples
Palace, Ptolemaic, 23, 24, 28, 29, 162 Ras-el-Tin, 129
Paneum, 106
Paris and Helen, 176
Patriarchates, 52
Persians, 8, 53
Pharos Island, 6, 24, 80 Lighthouse, 16, 133-140: see Fort Kait Bey
Philo 63, 64, 66
Philosophy under Ptolemies, 36 Jewish, 62 Neo-Platonic, 64-68
Place Mohammed Ali see Square
Place Said, 154
Place St. Catherine, 142
Plato, 64
Plotinus, 65-68
Plutarch, 214
Pocock, R., visitor, 84
Pompey, 23 “Pillar,” 46, 145-146 “Tomb,” 155
Porphyry, philosopher, 68
Proteus, 7
Pschoi, St., 205
Ptolemies, 11-27 Civilisation under, 16-21, 27-42 Genealogical Tree, 12-13
Ptolemy I, 11 II, 14, 36 III, 15, 185 IV, 21 VII, 21 XIII, 22, XIV, 23-25 XV, 25 XVI, (Caesarion) 26 Claudius, the astronomer, 39, 40, 41
226Ramleh, 87, 92, 166
Ras-el-Tin Peninsula, 6, 80, 129 Palace, 89, 91, 129
Religion: Alexandrian, 19, 70 Ancient Egyptian, 18, 69 Early Christian, 70-78 Jewish, 62 Mohammedan, 77-78 Modern, 211-213
Rhakotis, 7, 145
Rome, 21-22, 44-45
Rosetta, 185-188 Stone, 185
Rosette, Rue, 104, 107-121
Salt, Henry, consul, 90, 144
Sandys, John, visitor, 82
San Stefano, 166
Scholarship, Ptolemaic, 34-35
Science, Ptolemaic, 36-42
Septuagint, 62
Serapis,, 18, 45, 117 see Temples
Seymour, Admiral, 94-96
Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra,” 214-215
Sidi Gaber, 165
Silsileh, 6, 162, 163
Soma, Street of, 10 Tomb, 19, 105: see Mosque, Prophet Daniel
Sostratus, engineer, 133
Sporting Club, 164
Spouting Rocks, 166
Square (Place, Mohammed Ali), 102
Stanley Bay, 166
Statuettes, Terra Cotta, 118
Stratonice, 28
Synagogue, Chief, 161
Taposiris Magna see Abousir
Taposiris Parva, 175
Temples: Aphrodite on Zephyrium, 182 Apollo, 106 Caesareum, 49, 161 Isis Pharia, 126 Isis near Serapeum, 147 Isis on Silsileh, 20 Osiris, Abousir, 192 227Petesouchos Fayoum, 114, 120 Poseidon, 136 Serapis, Rhakotis, 146: see Pompey’s Pillar Serapis, Canopus, 181 Serapis, small, 144
Theatre, Ancient, 20, 24, 162 Modern, 154
Theocritus, XVth Idyll, 31-34
Theon, mathematician, 37, 68
Theonas, St., 46
Theophilus, patriarch, 50
Tombs: Alexander the Great (Soma) 19, 105 Anfouchi Catacombs, 126-129 Antique, near Antoniadis’ Gardens, 157 Antique, Chatby, 164 Antique (Pompey’s?), 155 Brice, Colonel, 106 Cleopatra, 20 Khedivial Family, 105 Kom es Chogafa Catacombs, 148 Nubar Pacha, 143 Said Mohammed, 143 Salt, Henry, 144 Sidi Abou el Fath, 126 Sidi et Metwalli, 142 Zagloul and Said Hassan, Rosetta, 187
Town-planning, Ancient, 9-11, 16-20 Modern, 90-93
Turkey, 81-82, 179
Turkish Town, 124-126
Valens, Emperor, 49
Valentinus, gnostic, 71-72
Venetians, 81
Victoria College, 166
Wady Natrun, 200-209
Water system, 5, 9-10, 80, 87, 91
Wildflowers, 191
“Wisdom of Solomon,” 62-63
Wolseley, General, 96
Zenodotus, scholar and poet, 34
Zephyrium, promontory, 182
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