Paradeisos of Pammenes

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A ward (ἄμφοδον) of the city of Oxyrhynchus, Roman Egypt.

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“Few other sources permit⟳ us to infer anything about size. The paradeisos''' of Pammenes gave its name⟳ to a whole region (amphodos) of Oxyrhyncus.⁶⁹ 69 Frequently attested, e.g. P.Oxy.249, 648, 693, 1452, 3136, 3141, 3154, 3183, 3283; BGU 2459; SB 7990.13; PSI 708, 732; P.Flor.4; P.Yale 69, 71; P.Turner 38, 42; P.Upps.Frid.6; P.Fouad.69; CPG 2/3 1.71,81.”

“In Roman times, the existence at Oxyrhynchus of a district called the Paradeisos of Pammenes and, in other cities, numerous toponyms and references to urban plots, orchards, trees and groves (e.g. the Alsos of Arsinoe) attest to the continuity of this image of the city in Graeco-Roman times, when it connected and merged with a similar perception of Egypt in traditional Greek thought and literature.”

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