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