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2nd-century BC Ancient Greek historian
BC). Agatharchides is believed to have been born at Cnidus, hence his appellation. As Stanley M. Burstein notes, the "evidence for Agatharchides' life
Agatharchides
Legendary cave dwelling tribe in Greco-Roman historiography
geographers and historians, including Herodotus (5th century BCE), Agatharchides (2nd century BCE), Diodorus Siculus (1st century BCE), Strabo (64/63
Troglodytae
Lunar impact crater
letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Agatharchides. "Agatharchides". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research
Agatharchides_(crater)
Hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews
Lysimachus, Poseidonius, Apollonius Molon, and in Apion and Tacitus. Agatharchides of Cnidus ridiculed the practices of the Jews and the "absurdity of
Antisemitism
Holiest city in Islam and capital of Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia
Photius, Diodorus and Strabo (English): Stanley M. Burnstein (tr.), Agatharchides of Cnidus: On the Eritraean Sea (1989), 132–173, esp. 152–3 (§92).)
Mecca
Building at the center of Masjid al-Haram
Macoraba and found them unsatisfactory. Based on an earlier report by Agatharchides of Cnidus, Diodorus Siculus mentions a temple along the Red Sea coast
Kaaba
Family of mammals
date to around 30-40,000 years ago. Greek historian and geographer Agatharchides (2nd century BC) mentions the rhinoceros in his book On the Erythraean
Rhinoceros
276–194 BC) Scymnus of Chios (fl. 180s BC) Hipparchus (c. 190–120 BC) Agatharchides (2nd century BC) Posidonius (c. 135–51 BC) Pseudo-Scymnus (c. 90 BC)
List of Graeco-Roman geographers
List_of_Graeco-Roman_geographers
Ethnic group
frankincense region (Southern Arabia). Other Ancient-Greek historians like Agatharchides, Diodorus Siculus and Strabo mention Arabs living in Mesopotamia (along
Arabs
Arm of the Indian Ocean between Asia and Africa
Greek navigators continued to explore and compile data on the Red Sea. Agatharchides collected information about the sea in the 2nd century BCE. The Periplus
Red_Sea
Maghrebi traveller and scholar (1304–1368/1369)
University Press: 1977), p. 190. George Wynn Brereton Huntingford, Agatharchides, The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: With Some Extracts from Agatharkhidēs
Ibn_Battuta
like Eratosthenes and Agatharchides, and preserved by Strabo and Diodorus Siculus, who offer extracts and digests of Agatharchides. Cape Poseideion derived
Ariston_(explorer)
Ancient Greek historian and rhetorician
speaks of him as the founder of the florid Asiatic style of composition. Agatharchides, Dionysius of Halicarnassus (De compositione verborum 18) and Cicero
Hegesias_of_Magnesia
Peninsula and geopolitical region
(Cambridge University Press: 1977), p.190 George Wynn Brereton Huntingford, Agatharchides, The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: With Some Extracts from Agatharkhidēs
Horn_of_Africa
Capital and the largest city of Somalia
University Press: 1977), p. 190. George Wynn Brereton Huntingford, Agatharchides, The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: With Some Extracts from Agatharkhidēs
Mogadishu
Legendary Indian peoples
women only have children once in their lives. Pliny also states that Agatharchides describes them as living off of a diet of locusts and being swift-footed
Mandi_(legendary_creature)
Place
Temanites. Outside of the Bible, it was mentioned by Ptolemy, Pliny, Agatharchides, and Josephus. It was noted as halfway between Damascus and Mecca, and
Land_of_Tema
Large watercraft
Egypt during the 4th millennium BC The Greek historian and geographer Agatharchides had documented ship-faring among the early Egyptians: "During the prosperous
Ship
4th/3rd century BC Greek general and historian
later portions of his historical work. Later tradition, preserved by Agatharchides and transmitted through Lucian, credits Hieronymus with an exceptional
Hieronymus_of_Cardia
Genus of mammals (large ground squirrels)
Some historians believe that Strabo's λέων μύρμηξ (léōn mýrmēx), and Agatharchides's μυρμηκολέων (myrmēkoléōn), most probably are the marmot. An anatomically
Marmot
Manuscript listing ports and coastal landmarks
was a source for Strabo and Arrian, among others. On the Red Sea by Agatharchides. Fragments preserved in Diodorus Siculus and Photius. The Periplus of
Periplus
Ethnic Greeks native to Asia Minor
Pausanias, geographer and historian Arrian, historian and philosopher Agatharchides, historian Cassius Dio, historian Dio Chrysostom, historian and orator
Asia_Minor_Greeks
World history written by Diodorus Siculus
His main sources are believed to have been Hecataeus of Abdera and Agatharchides of Cnidus. This book has only a short prologue outlining its contents
Bibliotheca_Historica
River flowing between Ethiopia and Sudan
(Greek: Ασταβόρας). Other ancient authors mentioning the name include Agatharchides, who called it Astabaras (Greek: Ασταβάρας), and Ptolemy (Geography
Atbarah_River
Cultural practice in Africa
that female circumcision was practiced among the ancient Egyptians. Agatharchides of Cnidus (2nd century BCE) indicated that "troglodyte" ethnic groups
Circumcision_in_Africa
Region in northern Sudan and southern Egypt
Persia: The Achaemenid Empire. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1444350920. Agatharchides FGrH 86 F20; Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca 1.37.5 Török, László (2009)
Nubia
Homilies on the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans 31, on 16.1, and Agatharchides, On the Erythraean Sea (frg. 23–29) apud Photius, Bibliotheca p. 447
Slavery_in_ancient_Rome
economy organized in pastoral tribes. In the late 2nd century BCE, Agatharchides recorded merchants from Potana, coming to the "Blessed Islands" (Socotra)
History_of_Socotra
Thucydides Xenophon Hellenica Oxyrhynchia Abydenus Aesopus (historian) Agatharchides Agathocles (writers) Alexander Polyhistor Anticlides Antipater Antisthenes
List of ancient Greek historians
List_of_ancient_Greek_historians
Greek king of Cyrenaica from 276 BC to 250 BC
Ptolemaic orbit. Magas died in 250 BC after a reign of some fifty years. Agatharchides, as reported by Athenaeus, records that he spent his reign in luxury
Magas_of_Cyrene
matrilineal Bantu-speaking peoples in East Africa and Central Africa. Agatharchides of Cnidus (2nd century BCE) indicated that "troglodyte" ethnic groups
History_of_circumcision
Ancient name of water between the Horn of Africa and the Arabian peninsula
seasonal blooms of the red-hued Trichodesmium erythraeum in the Red Sea. Agatharchides had written of the origin of the name Erythraean Sea on the book (De
Erythraean_Sea
Ancient Greek term for parts of Africa
appearing as "Ethiopia, Ethiopians" in the English King James Version. Agatharchides provides a relatively detailed description of the gold mining system
Aethiopia
King of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, 284–246 BC
1177/030751332901500103. JSTOR 3854009. Referenced in a papyrus: SB 5111 Agatharchides FGrH 86 F20; Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca 1.37.5 Theocritus Idyll 17
Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus
the Red Sea around the time of Alexander the Great is described by Agatharchides. Strabo's Geographica (completed after 23 CE) mentions Greeks from Egypt
Indian_Ocean_slave_trade
1st century Greek historian
first published separately, together with the remains of Ctesias and Agatharchides by Henry Estienne, Paris, 1557. The best edition is that by Johann Conrad
Memnon_of_Heraclea
the Red Sea around the time of Alexander the Great is described by Agatharchides. Strabo's Geographica (completed after 23 AD) mentions Greeks from Egypt
Slavery_in_Africa
Nile and Atbara). The 2nd-century BC Greek historian and geographer Agatharchides had documented seafaring among the early Egyptians: "During the prosperous
History_of_Ethiopia
Tribal confederation in pre-Islamic Arabia
mentioned in several accounts of Greek historiography. Portions of Agatharchides's (fl. 2nd century BCE) On the Erythrean Sea that survive in later quotations
Thamud
Region in antiquity around the Indus River Delta
Waldseemüller map shows Patala in this location. In the late 2nd century BC, Agatharchides of Cnidus recorded merchants from Patala, or as he called it, Potana
Regio_Patalis
and mother of Pericles. Agasias – sculptor Agasicles – King of Sparta Agatharchides – historian and geographer Agatharchus – painter Agatharchus of Syracuse
List_of_ancient_Greeks
Historical study of the Islamic prophet
Photius, Diodorus and Strabo (English): Stanley M. Burnstein (tr.), Agatharchides of Cnidus: On the Eritraean Sea (1989), 132–173, esp. 152–3 (§92).)
Historicity_of_Muhammad
Aepinus (1724–1802) WGPSN Agatharchides 19°51′S 31°07′W / 19.85°S 31.11°W / -19.85; -31.11 (Agatharchides) 51.98 1935 Agatharchides (died c. 150 BC) WGPSN
List of craters on the Moon: A–B
List_of_craters_on_the_Moon:_A–B
Variety of grape
although there is hard no proof of this. There is even a debate on whether Agatharchides was referring to Vugava when he wrote: "On the island of Vis is a wine
Vugava
Ancient Greek writer
"Basilis". A "Basilis" is also mentioned by the 2nd-century BCE geographer Agatharchides among the writers on the east. We also possess some fragments of his
Basilis_(writer)
Island in Foul Bay, Egypt
latin-français, art. Topazos, digital edition [1]. On the Erythraean Sea. Agatharchides of Cnidus. Translated from the Greek and edited by Stanley M. Burstein
Zabargad_Island
Travelogue written by Ibn Battuta
University Press: 1977), p. 190. George Wynn Brereton Huntingford, Agatharchides, The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: With Some Extracts from Agatharkhidēs
The_Travels_of_Ibn_Battuta
Lysimachus, Poseidonius, Apollonius Molon, and in Apion and Tacitus. Agatharchides of Cnidus wrote about the "ridiculous practices" of the Jews and he
History_of_antisemitism
Section of land between Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt
contrary, raising an inferior nome to eminence. According to Ptolemy and Agatharchides (De Rubr. Mar. ap. Photius Biblioth. p. 1339. R.), both of whom wrote
Middle_Egypt
Stones used in gristmills, for grinding wheat or other grains
may even have appeared in the mines of Pangaion Hills. The text by Agatharchides on the gold mines of Egypt in the 1st century B.C., transmitted by Photios
Millstone
Mythical figure
indeed have related to a great ape. Similarly, the Greek historian Agatharchides describes what may have been chimpanzees as tribes of agile, promiscuous
Wild_man
University Press: 1977), p. 190. George Wynn Brereton Huntingford, Agatharchides, The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: With Some Extracts from Agatharkhidēs
History_of_Somalia
far from Arabia in the part of Syria called Palestine." c. 130 BCE: Agatharchides (5.87, quoted in Diodorus Siculus's Bibliotheca historica; Strabo's
Timeline of the name Palestine
Timeline_of_the_name_Palestine
1st-century Greco-Roman document
the only trustworthy scholarly edition was Frisk's 1927 French study. Agatharchides, author of On the Erythraean Sea Ancient Greece–Ancient India relations
Periplus of the Erythraean Sea
Periplus_of_the_Erythraean_Sea
Infection by the Guinea worm
Symposiacon refers to a (lost) description by the 2nd-century BCE writer Agatharchides concerning a "hitherto unheard-of disease" in which "small worms issue
Dracunculiasis
Ancient Greek tribe
evidence for works now lost, especially writings of Ephorus, Apollodorus, Agatharchides, Philistus, and Timaeus. Apollodorus, Library, I, 7.3 Homer, Odyssey
Dorians
Hatred of Jews due to religious reasons
Chaeremon, Lysimachus, Poseidonius, Apollonius Molon, Apion and Tacitus. Agatharchides of Cnidus wrote about the "ridiculous practices" of the Jews and of
Religious_antisemitism
Georgica and Melissourgica, of which considerable fragments are preserved. Agatharchides (2nd century BC) Ta kata ten Asian (Affairs in Asia) in 10 books Ta
List_of_lost_literary_works
Greco-Egyptian settlement on the Red Sea coast
Society. Second series. London: Hakluyt Society. Stanley M. Burstein, Agatharchides of Cnidus, On the Erythraean Sea, p.144 n.2. (London: the Hakluyt Society
Ptolemais_Theron
Relations
ISBN 0-904180-05-0. (also includes translation of Red Sea material from Agatharchides) Majumdar, R. C. (1960). The Classical Accounts of India' (Reprint 1981 ed
Indo-Roman_relations
4th-century BC Greek philosopher and geographer
'Approaches to world history in the Hellenistic period: Dicaearchus and Agatharchides' Athenaeum 85 (1997) 53–67 Bodei Giglioni, G., 'Dicearco e la riflessione
Dicaearchus
Greek nymph
with the "Berecynthan land", see Pseudo-Plutarch De Fluviis 10.4-5 [= Agatharchides FGrHist 284 F 3]. Farnell, p. 499; Golann, pp. 43–44; Munn, p. 333;
Adrasteia
Greek officer (third century BCE)
coasts of Ethiopia. Much of the information recorded by the geographer Agatharchides was derived from his authority. Hippalus Eudoxus of Cyzicus Periplus
Simmias_(explorer)
Hellenistic Jewish historian Gaius Acilius (fl. 155 BCE), Roman history Agatharchides (fl. mid–2nd century BCE), Greek history Polybius (203 – c. 120 BCE)
List_of_historians
Legendary princess of Athens, sister of Philomele
nightingale. This pattern is only broken by a Hellenistic Greek writer named Agatharchides, who refers to Philomela as a nightingale. Ovid, whose version went
Procne
Dia. Name origin Rima Agatharchides 20°00′S 28°00′W / 20.0°S 28.0°W / -20.0; -28.0 50 km Named from nearby crater Agatharchides Rima Agricola 29°00′N
List_of_lunar_features
Rulers of ancient kingdom in Nubia
Identified with 'Ergamenes', who appears in the work of the Greek historian Agatharchides. Contemporary of Ptolemy II in Egypt. Beg. S 6 Amanislo (♂) Middle 3rd
List_of_monarchs_of_Kush
Pseudohistorical list of Ethiopian monarchs from 4530 BCE to 1779 CE
de l'Éthiopie. Ergamenes, a Kushite king reported by Greek historian Agatharchides to have reigned during the time of Pharaoh Ptolemy IV of Egypt. An unpublished
1922_regnal_list_of_Ethiopia
al-Būzjānī Charles Hitchcock Adams John Couch Adams Walter Sydney Adams Agatharchides Agrippa Pierre d'Ailly George Biddell Airy Robert Grant Aitken Ajima
List of people with craters of the Moon named after them
List_of_people_with_craters_of_the_Moon_named_after_them
First 52 years of his life before migrating to Medina
Photius, Diodorus and Strabo (English): Stanley M. Burnstein (tr.), Agatharchides of Cnidus: On the Eritraean Sea (1989), 132–173, esp. 152–3 (§92).)
Muhammad_in_Mecca
Economy of Arabia before Islam
traded in timber. According to the 2nd-century BCE Greek historian Agatharchides, "It does not appear that there exists a people richer than the Sabaeans
Economy_of_pre-Islamic_Arabia
Medieval Somali sultanate
University Press: 1977), p. 190. George Wynn Brereton Huntingford, Agatharchides, The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: With Some Extracts from Agatharkhidēs
Sultanate_of_Mogadishu
Nubian king
Ergamenes is the hellenized name of a Nubian king of Meroë reported by Agatharchides in Diodorus Siculus (3.2.6, FHN II No. 142). According to this account
Ergamenes
section of "miscellaneous fragments" of ancient writers (e.g. Sallust, Agatharchides). However, Hodge removed Cory's original fragments from neoplatonists
Cory's_Ancient_Fragments
2nd-century work by Pseudo-Plutarch
Treatise of Rivers First Book of Rivers First Book of Stones I, VIII Agatharchides the Samian Fourth Book of Stones Phrygian Relations IX, X Agatho the
De_fluviis
2nd-century BC Greek statesman, historian and writer
treaty that ended Antiochus IV's invasion of Egypt in 169 BC. That Agatharchides of Cnidus became known by being his secretary is further evidence to
Heraclides_Lembus
9th-century work of Byzantine Patriarch Photius
Dictyaca Pagan Lost 212 Aenesidemus Pyrrhonian writings Pagan Lost 213 Agatharchides of Cnidus On the Red Sea Pagan Lost 214 Hierocles On Providence and
Bibliotheca_(Photius)
Arsinoe II of Egypt, who was both his sister and wife. According to Agatharchides (de Rub. Mar. p. 53), there were hot springs in its neighborhood. The
Olbia_(Egypt)
John Adams, (England, pre–1670–1738) Peter Adams (Canada, 1936–2018) Agatharchides (Ancient Greece, 2nd c. BCE) Agathedaemon of Alexandria (Ancient Greece
List_of_geographers
Crater on the Moon
formation that lies to the southwest of the larger, lava-flooded crater Agatharchides. To the southeast is an even larger lava-flooded formation, Hippalus
Loewy_(crater)
University Press: 1977), p. 190. George Wynn Brereton Huntingford, Agatharchides, The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: With Some Extracts from Agatharkhidēs
History_of_East_Africa
Ancient people of Arabia
also related to the name of the Debai, a tribe mentioned by Strabo and Agatharchides. It has been identified with Dhahabān or Ṣabyā. It may be the place
Kinaidokolpitai
Process of separating gold from silver
earlier lost book, On the Erythraean Sea from the 2nd century BC by Agatharchides of Cnidus. An experiment recreating the process as described by Diodorus
Gold_parting
Ancient fort in Saudi Arabia
Gerrha is the island of Tylos." In 200 BC a Greek grammarian named Agatharchides, who wrote a book on the Erythraean (modern Red) Sea now lost, is quoted
Uqair
Borderlands (Asmara: Red Sea Press, 1997), p. 104. Stanley M. Burstein, Agatharchides of Cnidus, On the Erythraean Sea (London: the Hakluyt Society, 1989)
Lake_Monoleus
University Press: 1977), p. 190. George Wynn Brereton Huntingford, Agatharchides, The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: With Some Extracts from Agatharkhidēs
History_of_Mogadishu
Agasias, son of Menophilus Agasias of Arcadia Agasicles Agasthenes Agatharchides Agatharchus Agathodaemon Agathon Agathos kai sophos Agave Agdistis Agela
Index of ancient Greece-related articles
Index_of_ancient_Greece-related_articles
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Girl/Female
Muslim
Early morning fragrance or entertaining companion or wind, Enchanting
Boy/Male
British, English
Bridge Protector
Male
Egyptian
, a priest of Amen Ra.
Girl/Female
British, English, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
A Gem
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Name of King Drupad
Girl/Female
Muslim
Rest, Repose
Girl/Female
Indian
Always Happy woman
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Jewel
Boy/Male
Indian
Essence of Love, Favour, Fortune of gods Love
Boy/Male
Biblical Native American
A band, a troop.
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