Thymiaterium

For the religious object, see Thymiaterion.

Thymiaterium is seen here at the lower left, on what is now the Atlantic coast of Morocco.

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]}

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]

References

1. Periplus of Hanno, 2
2. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Thymiaterion
3. Hanno: Carthaginian Explorer
4. Hanno the Navigator (1912). The Periplus of Hanno, a Voyage of Discovery down the African Coast, by a Carthaginian Admiral of the Fifth Century B.C. Translated by Schoff, Wilfred H. Philadelphia: Secretary of the Commercial Museum.
5. Hanno the Navigator (2)
6. Butler, Samuel (1907). Atlas of Ancient & Classical Geography. London: JM Dent & Co.
7. B. H. Warmington, Carthage, p. 64, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1960 Internet Archive OCLC   59366

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