Philotera
Φιλωτέρα
Philotera
1.
(Φιλωτέρα, Strab. xvi. p.769; Steph. B. sub voce Plin. Nat. 6.29. s. 33; Φιλωτέρας λιμήν, Ptol. 4.5.14; Φιλωτερίς, Apollod. ap. Steph, B. s. v.; Eth. Φιλωτερίτης), a town in Upper Aegypt in the country of the Troglodytae, on the Arabian Gulf, near Myos-Hormus. It was named after a sister of Ptolemy Philadelphus, and was founded by Satyrus, who was sent by Ptolemy to explore the country of the Troglodytae. (Strab. l.c.; see Meineke, ad Steph. B. sub voce l.c.)
2.
(Eth. Φιλωτέριος), a city in Coele-Syria on the lake of Tiberias. (Steph. B. sub voce Plb. 5.70.) Stephanus says that in consequence of the Ethnic Φιλωτέριος some called the city Φιλωτερία; and in Polybius it is written Φιλοτερία.
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.