Meroē

Information from the Periplus

Ancient Toponym: Meroē
Place Type: Inland market
Route: Western route
Next on Route: Ptolemaïs Thērōn
Ancient Area: Africa
Periplus Chapter: PME, Ch. 2

Topographic info

Longitude 33.726389
Latitude 16.933333
Location Source: Pleiades

Modern Identification: Shendi
Modern Country: Sudan

Passage from the Periplus

To the right of these places, immediately beyond Berenice, comes the country of the Barbaroi. The coastal parts are inhabited by Ichthyophagoi [“fish eaters”] living in mean huts built in narrow areas, hence in scattered groups, while the inland parts are inhabited by Barbaroi and the people beyond them, Agriophagoi [“wild animal eaters”] and Moschophagoi [“shoot eaters”], organized in chiefdoms. In the interior behind them, in the parts toward the west is [? a metropolis called Meroe]. (from the Casson translation)

Bibliography

Ancient source: Herodotus, Historiae, 2.29

Bibliography

Ancient source: Pausanias, Description of Greece 1.33.4

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