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Thymiaterium is seen here at the lower left, on what is now the Atlantic coast of Morocco.

Thymiaterium or Thymiaterion (Template:Lang-grc)[1] was an ancient Carthaginian colony in present-day Morocco. It was founded by Hanno the Navigator on his journey of exploration beyond the Pillars of Hercules. The city is mentioned in the Periplus (Περίπλους).[2][3] 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.[2]

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.[4]

The location of Thymiaterium is also given at Mehedia in the Atlas of Ancient & Classical Geography.[5]

References

  1. ^ Periplus of Hanno, 2
  2. ^ a b Hanno: Carthaginian Explorer
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Hanno the Navigator (2)
  5. ^ Butler, Samuel (1907). Atlas of Ancient & Classical Geography. London: JM Dent & Co.