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Thymiaterium or Thymiaterion ( grc, Θυμιατήριον) was an ancient
/ref> The manuscript is a copy of another Greek work which translated the Punic original and is part of the ''Codex Palatines Graecus 398'' which belongs to the Heidelberg University. According to Hanno, he founded the colony, the first of his journey, two days' sail past the Pillars of Hercules. 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''. Hanno may have been deliberately vague about the location of colonies he founded to prevent enemies of Carthage from finding them.B. H. Warmington, ''Carthage'', p. 64, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1960
''Geographi Græci Minores''
vol. 1, Firmin-Didot, 1882 {{Phoenicia-stub Phoenician colonies in Morocco Ancient Morocco Peripluses in Greek
Thymiaterium or Thymiaterion ( grc, Θυμιατήριον) was an ancient Carthaginian The term Carthaginian ( la, Carthaginiensis ) usually refers to a citizen of Ancient Carthage.
It can also refer to:
* Carthaginian (ship), a three-masted schooner built in 1921
* Insurgent privateers; nineteenth-century South American privateers, ...
colony in present-day Morocco. The ''Periplus'' (Περίπλους) of Hanno the Navigator
Hanno the Navigator (sometimes "Hannon"; xpu, 𐤇𐤍𐤀 , ; ) was a Carthaginian explorer of the fifth century BC, best known for his naval exploration of the western coast of Africa. The only source of his voyage is a ''periplus'' transla ...
claims that he founded it on his journey of exploration beyond the Pillars of Hercules.Hanno: Carthaginian Explorer/ref> The manuscript is a copy of another Greek work which translated the Punic original and is part of the ''Codex Palatines Graecus 398'' which belongs to the Heidelberg University. According to Hanno, he founded the colony, the first of his journey, two days' sail past the Pillars of Hercules. 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''. Hanno may have been deliberately vague about the location of colonies he founded to prevent enemies of Carthage from finding them.B. H. Warmington, ''Carthage'', p. 64, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1960
References
Karl Müller''Geographi Græci Minores''
vol. 1, Firmin-Didot, 1882 {{Phoenicia-stub Phoenician colonies in Morocco Ancient Morocco Peripluses in Greek