🏛️ Konope Arsinoeia-Dioryktos
Hellenistic settlement and canal system in Aetolia, Greece
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Aetolia, central Greece, near the Acheloos River delta
- Founded during the Ptolemaic period as a planned settlement
- Named after Arsinoe II, wife and sister of Ptolemy II of Egypt
- Known for an ancient canal system (dioryktos) connecting water routes
Konope Arsinoeia-Dioryktos represents a Hellenistic settlement established under Ptolemaic Egyptian control during the 3rd century BCE. The site ...