Cyrus of Panopolis was born in Panopolis which is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt.
Flavius Taurus Seleucus Cyrus (floruit 426-441), better known as Cyrus of Panopolis (Greek:   ) from his birthplace of Panopolis in Egypt, was a senior East Roman official, epic poet, philosopher and a lover of Greek arts. Akhmim (Arabic: , pronounced [xmim; Akhmimic Coptic: , pronounced [xmim; Sahidic/Bohairic Coptic:  pronounced [min) is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt. Referred to by the ancient Greeks as Khemmis or Chemmis (Ancient Greek: ) and Panopolis (Ancient Greek:  ), it is located on the east bank of the Nile, four miles (6.4 km) to the northeast of Sohag. 
