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Thymiaterium or Thymiaterion ( grc, Θυμιατήριον) was an ancient Carthaginian colony in present-day
/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
''Geographi Græci Minores''
vol. 1, Firmin-Didot, 1882 {{Phoenicia-stub Phoenician colonies in Morocco Ancient Morocco Peripluses in Greek
Thymiaterium or Thymiaterion ( grc, Θυμιατήριον) was an ancient Carthaginian colony in present-day Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...
. The ''Periplus'' (Περίπλους) of Hanno the Navigator claims that he founded it on his journey of exploration beyond the Pillars of Hercules
The Pillars of Hercules ( la, Columnae Herculis, grc, Ἡράκλειαι Στῆλαι, , ar, أعمدة هرقل, Aʿmidat Hiraql, es, Columnas de Hércules) was the phrase that was applied in Antiquity to the promontories that flank t ...
.Hanno: Carthaginian Explorer/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
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According to Hanno, he founded the colony, the first of his journey, two days' sail past the Pillars of Hercules. Schoff, citing Karl Müller, identified it with the town of Mehedia, currently known as Mehdya
Mehdya ( ar-at, المهدية, al-Mahdiyā), also Mehdia or Mehedya, is a town in Kénitra Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco. Previously called al-Ma'mura, it was known as São João da Mamora under 16th century Portuguese occupation, or as ...
. The location of Thymiaterium is also given at Mehedia in the ''Atlas of Ancient & Classical Geography''. Hanno may have been deliberately vague about the location of colonies he founded to prevent enemies of Carthage from finding them.B. H. Warmington, ''Carthage'', p. 64, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1960
References
Karl Müller''Geographi Græci Minores''
vol. 1, Firmin-Didot, 1882 {{Phoenicia-stub Phoenician colonies in Morocco Ancient Morocco Peripluses in Greek