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{{Short description|Carthaginian colony in Mauretania}}
[[File:Thymiaterium_and_Other_Ancient_Northwest_African_Settlements.png|thumb|right|Thymiaterium is seen here at the lower left, on what is now the Atlantic coast of Morocco.]]'''Thymiaterium''' was an ancient [[Ancient Carthage|Carthaginian]] colony in present-day [[Morocco]]. It was founded by [[Hanno the Navigator]] on his journey of exploration beyond the [[Pillars of Hercules]] and then southwest along the African coast as detailed in ''The Periplus of Hanno'', as translated from a Greek version by Wilfred H. Schoff.<ref>
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|date=1912
|title=The Periplus of Hanno, a Voyage of Discovery down the African Coast, by a Carthaginian Admiral of the Fifth Century B.C.
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[[File:Thymiaterium_and_Other_Ancient_Northwest_African_Settlements.png|thumb|right|Thymiaterium is seen here at the lower left, on what is now the Atlantic coast of Morocco.]]
According to Hanno, he founded the colony, the first of his journey, two days' sail past the Pillars of Hercules. Schoff, citing a scholar named C. Miiller, identified it with the town of Mehedia, currently known as [[Mehdya]].


'''Thymiaterium''' or '''Thymiaterion''' ({{langx|grc|Θυμιατήριον}}),<ref>[https://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/graeca/Chronologia/S_ante06/Hanno/han_plus.html Periplus of Hanno, 2]</ref> [[Scylax]] called it '''Thymiaterias''' (Θυμιατηρίας),<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DT%3Aentry+group%3D9%3Aentry%3Dthymiaterion-geo Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Thymiaterion]</ref> was an ancient [[Ancient Carthage|Carthaginian]] colony in present-day [[Morocco]]. The ''Periplus'' (Περίπλους) of [[Hanno the Navigator]] claims that he founded it on his journey of exploration beyond the [[Pillars of Hercules]].<ref name="Hanno: Carthaginian Explorer">[https://www.worldhistory.org/article/913/hanno-carthaginian-explorer/ Hanno: Carthaginian Explorer]</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Hanno the Navigator|translator-last1=Schoff |translator-first1=Wilfred H.|date=1912|title=The Periplus of Hanno, a Voyage of Discovery down the African Coast, by a Carthaginian Admiral of the Fifth Century B.C. |url=http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924031441847|location=Philadelphia|publisher=Secretary of the Commercial Museum }}</ref> The manuscript is a copy of another Greek work which translated the Punic original and is part of the ''Codex Palatines Graecus 398'' which belongs to the [[Heidelberg University]].<ref name="Hanno: Carthaginian Explorer"/>
The location of Thymiaterium is also given at Mehedia in the ''Atlas of Ancient & Classical Geography''.<ref>

{{cite book
According to Hanno, he founded the colony, the first of his journey, two days' sail past the Pillars of Hercules.<ref>[https://www.livius.org/articles/person/hanno-1-the-navigator/hanno-1-the-navigator-2/ Hanno the Navigator (2)]</ref> Schoff, citing [[Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Müller|Karl Müller]], identified it with the town of Mehedia, currently known as [[Mehdya]]. The location of Thymiaterium is also given at Mehedia in the ''Atlas of Ancient & Classical Geography''.<ref>{{cite book|first=Samuel|last=Butler|date=1907|title=Atlas of Ancient & Classical Geography |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17124/17124-h/17124-h.htm|location=London|publisher=JM Dent & Co. }}</ref> Hanno may have been deliberately vague about the location of colonies he founded to prevent enemies of Carthage from finding them.<ref>B. H. Warmington, ''Carthage'', p. 64, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1960 {{IA|carthage0000warm|Internet Archive|at=no}} {{oclc|59366}}</ref>
|first=Samuel
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|location=London
|publisher=JM Dent & Co. }}</ref>


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Karl Müller, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Gn3wP2QKzTgC ''Geographi Græci Minores''], vol. 1, Firmin-Didot, 1882

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Latest revision as of 07:39, 29 October 2024

For the religious object, see Thymiaterion.
Thymiaterium is seen here at the lower left, on what is now the Atlantic coast of Morocco.

Thymiaterium or Thymiaterion (Ancient Greek: Θυμιατήριον),[1] Scylax called it Thymiaterias (Θυμιατηρίας),[2] was an ancient Carthaginian colony in present-day Morocco. The Periplus (Περίπλους) of Hanno the Navigator claims that he founded it on his journey of exploration beyond the Pillars of Hercules.[3][4] The manuscript is a copy of another Greek work which translated the Punic original and is part of the Codex Palatines Graecus 398 which belongs to the Heidelberg University.[3]

According to Hanno, he founded the colony, the first of his journey, two days' sail past the Pillars of Hercules.[5] Schoff, citing Karl Müller, identified it with the town of Mehedia, currently known as Mehdya. The location of Thymiaterium is also given at Mehedia in the Atlas of Ancient & Classical Geography.[6] Hanno may have been deliberately vague about the location of colonies he founded to prevent enemies of Carthage from finding them.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Periplus of Hanno, 2
  2. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Thymiaterion
  3. ^ a b Hanno: Carthaginian Explorer
  4. ^ Hanno the Navigator (1912). The Periplus of Hanno, a Voyage of Discovery down the African Coast, by a Carthaginian Admiral of the Fifth Century B.C. Translated by Schoff, Wilfred H. Philadelphia: Secretary of the Commercial Museum.
  5. ^ Hanno the Navigator (2)
  6. ^ Butler, Samuel (1907). Atlas of Ancient & Classical Geography. London: JM Dent & Co.
  7. ^ B. H. Warmington, Carthage, p. 64, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1960 Internet Archive OCLC 59366

Karl Müller, Geographi Græci Minores, vol. 1, Firmin-Didot, 1882

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