[Ads-l] "cent store" and "Scipio"

[Margaret Winters]

The standard story about "Little Egypt" isn't so much classical as biblical - a drought north of the region caused a food shortage, alleviated by grain from southern Illinois which wasn't hit by the drought.  SIU Carbondale's sports mascot is the saluki, an Egyptian hunting dog, coming from the same regional tradition.

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MARGARET E WINTERS
Former Provost
Professor Emerita - French and Linguistics
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI  48202

mewinters at wayne.edu


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> Also, in the nineteenth century there was a fad for naming towns after those in classical
> literature. A drive through upstate New York turns up many, Utica, Syracuse, etc.


See also "Little Egypt" in Illinois, where the towns of Cairo, Thebes, and Karnak are located.

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