[1] Corresponding roughly to the north-western Indian Ocean
A sea (Ionian Ἐρυθρὴ θάλασσα, ‘Red Sea’) frequently mentioned from Herodotus until late antiquity, corresponding roughly in its normal extent to the north-western Indian Ocean (today's Arabian Sea), while today's Red Sea and Persian Gulf were regarded as κόλποι (kólpoi) of the Erythra thalatta (ET). Later on, however, this name undoubtedly …
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Brentjes, Burchard (Berlin) and
Treidler, Hans (Berlin),
“Erythra thalatta”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
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