Darada
Strabon, Geographia
Passus 16, 4, 10 [e] (C 771): πόλις Δαραδα
| Date: | AD 15 - 23 about? |
| Nomos: | |
| Status: | polis (apposition) |
| Location: | |
| Details: | 'Next after the Harbour of Antiphilos (Antiphilou Limen) one comes to a harbour (limen) called (the) Grove of the Koloboi (Kolobon Alsos), and to Berenike, a Sabaean city, and to Sabai, a good-sized city; and then to the Grove of Eumenes (Eumenous Alsos). Above the grove lie a city Darada and the hunting-ground for elephants called "The one near the well"; they are inhabited by the Elephantophagoi, who engage in the chase of elephants.' |
| Bibliography: | |
| Notes: |