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Macrobians

The Macrobians (Μακροβίοι) were a legendary people mentioned by Herodotus, speculated to have lived in the Horn of Africa. They were one of the peoples postulated by the Greeks to exist at the extremity of the known world; in this case, in the extreme south. This contrasts with the Hyperboreans, who were said to live in the extreme north.

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related to Location · 37
Macrobians → According, Arabia, Arabians, Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren, Asia, Atlantic, Atlas Mountains, Cambyses, Carthaginians, Chad, Concerning, East Africans, Egypt, Ethiopians, German, Hercules, Herodotus, Historical, King, Later
related to Accounts · 12
Macrobians → According, BC, Egypt, Herodotus, Macrobia, Macrobian, Persian, Persian Emperor Cambyses II, Persians, The Macrobian, The Macrobians, They

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cambyses herodotus libya south egypt west according nile thebes sea army said also western macrobian siwa elephantine pillars city land

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Diodorusinstance ofAccording to later Greek historians0.80text
Siculusinstance ofAccording to later Greek historians0.80text
and Straboinstance ofAccording to later Greek historians0.80text
Cambyses army had reached Meroeinstance ofAccording to later Greek historians0.80text
gave it its nameinstance ofAccording to later Greek historians0.80text
Scylax in his periplus also place them south of the pillars of Herculesinstance ofLater authors0.80text
and Scylax also reported a trade taking place between Phoeniciansinstance ofLater authors0.80text
Macrobiansrelated to AccountsAccording0.60section
Macrobiansrelated to AccountsHerodotus0.60section
Macrobiansrelated to AccountsPersian Emperor Cambyses II0.60section
Macrobiansrelated to AccountsEgypt0.60section
Macrobiansrelated to AccountsBC0.60section

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