E00206: Greek Encomion dedicated to *Menas (soldier and martyr venerated at Abu Mena, S00073) composed by Dioskoros of Aphrodito (Upper Egypt); datable to the mid 6th c. Skeleton entry
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posted on 2014-11-18, 00:00authored byBryan
P.Cair.Masp. 1.67024:
On the verso of a papyrus document of the year 551 from Aphrodito, part of the Dioskoros Archive, one finds an encomion dedicated to Saint Menas composed by Dioskoros himself, entitled: εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Μηνᾶν ἰσόψηφα ἐγκώμια ('isopsephic encomia for Saint Menas').
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Literary - Hagiographical - Other saint-related texts
Language
Greek
Evidence not before
500
Evidence not after
599
Activity not before
304
Activity not after
599
Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and Cyrenaica
Place of Evidence - City, village, etc
Aphrodito
Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Aphrodito
Hermopolis
ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ashmunein
Hermopolis
Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
Composing and translating saint-related texts
Source
http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.cair.masp;1;67024dupl
Bibliography
For a full range of the documentary evidence on Menas:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 146–154.