See also:

• CANOPUS, or CANOBUS

CANOPUS, or CANOBUS  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• LOWER

Lower See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred and twenty stadia, or 15 M. See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria, the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• PORT

port in Egypt for See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade before the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of Alexandria, situated at the mouth of the westernmost (Canopic or Heracleotic) See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile, on the western See also:

• BANK

bank . The channel, which entered the Mediterranean at the western end of the See also:

• BAY

Bay of See also:

• ABOUKIR

Aboukir, is entirely silted up, but on the See also:

• SHORE

shore at Aboukir there are extensive traces of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city with its quays, &c . Excavation has disclosed See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite monuments with the name of See also:

• RAMESES, or RAMESSES (Gen. xlvii. r1; Exod. xii. 37; Num. xxxiii. 3)

Rameses II., but they may have been brought at a See also:

• LATE

late See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period for the adornment of the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . It is not certain that See also:

• CANOPUS, or CANOBUS

Canopus was an old See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian town, but it appears in See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus as an ancient port . In the 9th See also:

• YEAR

year of See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy Euergetes (239 B.c.) a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly of priests at Canopus passed an honorific degree, inter alia, conferring the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Evepyirns " Benefactor " on the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king . Two examples of this See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree are known, inscribed in hieroglyphic, See also:

• DEMOTIC (Gr. Srlµorucos, of or belonging to the people)

demotic and Greek . From it we learn that the native See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the name of Canopus was Karob . A See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of See also:

• OSIRIS

Osiris was built by Euergetes, but very near to Canopus was an older See also:

• SHRINE (Lat. scrinium, a case or chest for books, hence a casket; from scribere, to write, Fr. ecrin, Ital. scrigno)

shrine, a temple of Heracles mentioned by Herodotus as an See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum for fugitive slaves . The decree shows that Heracles here stands for See also:

• AMMON
• AMMON, CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1766—185o)

Ammon . Osiris was worshipped at Canopus under a See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar form, a See also:

• VASE
• VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate root is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)

vase with a human See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head, and was identified with Canopus, the See also:

• PILOT

pilot of See also:

• MENELAUS

Menelaus, who was said to have been buried here: the name canopic has been applied, through an old misunderstanding, to the vases with human and See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal heads in which the See also:

• INTERNAL

internal See also:

• ORGANS

organs were placed by the Egyptians after See also:

• EMBALMING (Gr. 06Xaaµov, balsam; Ger. Einbalsamiren; Fr. embaumement)

embalming . In the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EPOCH (Gr. E7roxij, holding in suspense, a pause, from E1rxav, to hold up, to stop)

epoch the town was notorious for its dissoluteness . Aboukir means " See also:

• FATHER

father See also:

• CYRUS
• CYRUS (Gr. KDpos; Pers. Kuru-sh; Babyl. Kurash; Hebr. Koresh)

Cyrus," referring to a Coptic See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint of that name .

(F . LL .