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[Book YI. 
town of Tacompsos/^ by some called Thatice, as also Aramasos, 
Sesamos, Sanduma, Masindomacam, Arabeta and Boggia, 
Leupitorga, Tantarene, Mecindita, ^^oa, Gloploa, Gystate, Me- 
gada, Lea, Renni, T^ups, Direa, Patiga, Bacata, Dumana, 
Rhadata, at which place a golden eat was worshipped as a 
god, Boron, in the interior, and Mallos, near Meroe ; this is 
the account given by Bion. 
Juba, however, gives another account ; he says that there 
is a city on Mount Megatichos,^*^ which lies between Eg^^pt 
and Ethiopia, by the Arabians known as Myrson, after which 
come Tacompsos, Aramus, Sesamos, Pide, Mamuda, Oraijabis, 
situate near a stream of bitumen, Amodita, Prosda, Parenta, 
Mama, Tesatta, Gallas, Zoton, Graucome, Emeus, the Pidi- 
botse, the Hebdomecontacometse,^^ JN^omades, who dwell in 
tents, Cyste, Macadagale, Proaprimis, JN'ups, Detrelis, Patis, 
the Ganbreves, the Magasnei, Segasmala, Crandala, Denna, 
Cadeuma, Thena, Batta, Alana, Mascoa, the Scammi, Hora, 
situate on an island, and then Abala, Androgalis, Sesecre, 
the Malli, and Agole. 
On the African side^^ we find mentioned, either what is 
another place with the same name of Tacompsos, or else a part 
of the one before-mentioned, and after it Moggore, Seea, Edos, 
Plenarise, Pinnis, Magassa, Buma, Linthuma, Spintum, Sydop, 
the Censi, Pindicitora, Acug, Orsum, Sansa, Maumarum, 
TJrbim, the town of Molum, by the Greeks called Hypaton,^^ 
Pagoarca, Zmanes, at which point elephants begin to be found, 
the Mambli, Berressa, and Acetuma; there was formerly a 
town also called Epis, over against Meroe, which had, however, 
been destroyed before Bion wrote. 
These are the names of places given as far as Meroe ; but 
at the present day hardly any of them on either side of 
the river are in existence ; at all events, the praetorian troops 
*6 This place was also called in later times Contrapselcis. It was 
situate in the Dodecaschoenus, the part of ^Ethiopia immediately above 
Egypt, on an island near the eastern bank of the river, a little above 
Pselcis, which stood on the opposite bank. It has been suggested that this 
may have been the modern island of Derar. The other places do not 
appear to have been identified, and, in fact, in no two of the MSS. do the 
names appear to agree. 
17 Or the " Great Wall." 
IS Meaning, " the people who live in seventy villages." 
^9 Or western side of the Nile, between Syene and Meroe. 
^ 'YTraroj/, the " supreme," or perhaps the " last." 
