Mesaches
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| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (Retd.) |
Mesaches was an Arabian tribe mentioned by Pliny.[1]
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Mention by Pliny
Pliny[2] mentions Ethiopia.... Beyond these are the Dochi, and then the Gymnetes, who always go naked; and after them the Andetæ, the Mothitæ, the Mesaches, and the Ipsodoræ, who are of a black tint, but stain the body all over with a kind of red earth. On the African side again there are the Medimni, and then a nation of Nomades, who live on the milk of the cynocephalus, and then the Aladi and the Syrbotæ22, which last are said to be eight cubits in height.