Periplus Hannonis
Translated by Wilfred H. Schoff
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THE VOYAGE OF HANNO, KING OF THE CARTHAGINIANS To the Libyan regions of the earth beyond the Pillars of Hercules, which he dedicated also in the Temple of Baal, affixing this
To the Libyan regions of the earth beyond the Pillars of Hercules, which he dedicated also in the Temple of Baal, affixing this
1. It pleased the Carthaginians that Hanno should voyage outside the Pillars of Hercules, and found cities of the Libyphœnicians. And he set forth with sixty ships of fifty oars, and a multitude of men and women, to the number of thirty thousand, and with wheat and other provisions.
2. After passing through the Pillars we went on and sailed for two days’ journey beyond, where we founded the first city, which we called Thymiaterium; it lay in the midst of a great plain.
3. Sailing thence toward the west we came to Solois, a promontory of Libya, bristling with trees.
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