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Messapians

Nomenclature

Greek Name: Μεσσαπίους

Latin Name: Messapii

Toponyms:

Cultural Notes

 

Geographical Notes

barbarous people on borders of Tarentum

Citations in Herodotos

7.170 said to be of Cretan origin:  7.170

Key Passages in English Translation

 

English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. Retreived from <http://www.perseus.tufts.edu>

Key Passages in Greek

 

Other Testimonia

Paus. 10.10.6

Other Commentary


Perseus Encyclopedia:

W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotos:

Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
 

Disambiguation

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