Anariacae

Anariacae (Ancient Greek: Ἀναριάκαι) is an ancient Caucasian people mentioned by Polybius, Strabo, and Pliny. Ptolemy erroneously called them Amariacae (Ἀμαριάκαι).[1][2][3] According to Strabo their city was named Anariake (Ἀναριάκη; also rendered in English as Anariaca, Anariace, or Anariacae), and it had an oracle that revealed the will of the gods to those who slept within the temple.[1][4][5]

The Armenian geographer Anania Shirakatsi mentions Anariacae (‘Anariaki’ in Armenian) among the people inhabiting the northern parts of Media.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Anariacae
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Eremian, Suren. Reconstructed version of Shirakatsi's map of Central Asia.
  4. ^ Strabo, Geography, 11.7.1
  5. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, A93.5
  6. ^ "IRAN vii. NON-IRANIAN LANGUAGES (1) Overview – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  7. ^ "CASPIANS – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2020-06-07.


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