Anariacae
Anariacae (Ancient Greek: Ἀναριάκαι) is an ancient Caucasian people mentioned by Polybius, Strabo, and Pliny. Ptolemy erroneously called them Amariacae (Ἀμαριάκαι).[1]
Variants
- Anariacae (Ancient Greek: Ἀναριάκαι)
- Anariaci (Pliny.vi.15)
- Amariacae (Ἀμαριάκαι)
History
The Armenian geographer Anania Shirakatsi mentions Anariacae (‘Anariaki’ in Armenian) among the people inhabiting the northern parts of Media.[2]
References
- ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Anariacae Shirakatsi, Anania. The Geography of Ananias of Sirak (Asxarhacoyc): The Long and the Short Recensions. Introduction, Translation and Commentary by Robert H. Hewsen. Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 1992. 467 pp. ISBN 978-3-88226-485-2
- ↑ "IRAN vii. NON-IRANIAN LANGUAGES (1) Overview – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. "CASPIANS – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org.