Anariacae

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Anariacae (Ancient Greek: Ἀναριάκαι) is an ancient Caucasian people mentioned by Polybius, Strabo, and Pliny. Ptolemy erroneously called them Amariacae (Ἀμαριάκαι).[1]

Variants

History

The Armenian geographer Anania Shirakatsi mentions Anariacae (‘Anariaki’ in Armenian) among the people inhabiting the northern parts of Media.[2]

References

  1. 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
  2. "IRAN vii. NON-IRANIAN LANGUAGES (1) Overview – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. "CASPIANS – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org.