Trimithis () was an ancient Egyptian city in the Dakhla Oasis in the Western Desert. The site of the city is known today as Amheida () and is located in the New Valley Governorate of Egypt. Trimithis was a prominent urban center in Roman Egypt, with earlier occupation dating back to the Old and New Kingdoms. Under Roman rule, it featured temples, residential areas, and public buildings. Excavations have revealed a 4th-century house belonging to the wealthy councilor Serenos, a rare case of an ancient school, and a church complex.
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Trimithis () was an ancient Egyptian city in the Dakhla Oasis in the Western Desert. The site of the city is known today as Amheida () and is located in the New Valley Governorate of Egypt. Trimithis was a prominent urban center in Roman Egypt, with earlier occupation dating back to the Old and New Kingdoms. Under Roman rule, it featured temples, residential areas, and public buildings. Excavations have revealed a 4th-century house belonging to the wealthy councilor Serenos, a rare case of an ancient school, and a church complex.
Trimithis is notable for the rare inscriptions and wall texts preserved on plaster in the school and adjacent rooms, including literary fragments such as excerpts from a lost tragedy by Euripides, as well as Greek poems and paraphrased anecdotes from Homer and Plutarch.
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