Zenon
Egyptian official
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history of Palestine
- In Palestine: The Ptolemies
…received and written by one Zenon, the confidential business manager of the chief minister of Ptolemy II (Philadelphus; 285–246 bce). In 259 Zenon was sent to Palestine and Syria, where his master had commercial interests. His letters speak particularly of trafficking enslaved persons, especially young girls for prostitution, in whom…
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