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ToposText Home About TT Who we are The Project Places Ancient Texts People Tools Search Tool Downloads Contact us Thule island (Atlantic) 71 unknown - Θούλη Θούλη - Thule, legendary island in the western ocean, unlocated Hits: 71 Works: 19 Latitude: 60.333000 Longitude: -1.257000 Confidence: Nil Greek name: Θούλη Place ID: 000000UThu Time period: RL Region: Atlantic Country: Great Britain Department: Mod: unknown - Pleiades - DARE +−Leaflet | Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA, Imagery © Mapbox Modern Description: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThuleWikidata ID: Q671008Trismegistos Geo: 19731 Info: Description needed. (Help us by suggesting a description) Author, TitleAmmianus Marcellinus, HistoryDionysius of Alexandria, Guide to the Inhabited WorldGreek Anthology Books 1-6Ioannis Tzetzes, Histories or ChiliadesJordanes, GeticaJuvenal, SatiresNiketas Choniates, AnnalsPhotius, Bibliotheca excerptsPliny the Elder, Natural History 1-11Pomponius Mela, ChorographiaProcopius, History of the WarsPtolemaeus, Geography (II-VI)Servius, Commentary on Virgil's AeneidSilius Italicus, PunicaSolinus, PolyhistorStatius, SilvaeStrabo, GeographySynesius, LettersTacitus, AgricolaTzetzes, Ad LycophronemVirgil, Georgics Categorygeographyhistorymyth-literaturenaturereference Typeplace LanguageGRLA Show 2550100All entriesSearch: Author, TitleTextDate Author, TitleTextDate Tzetzes, Ad Lycophronem§1200  Ocean is Britain †T island between Britain lying in the west and Thule to the east †T. They say but that the souls of the -1000Ioannis Tzetzes, Histories or Chiliades§8.670  this very Thrascias, advancing towards the east The Aparctias wind blows over Thule, -1000Ioannis Tzetzes, Histories or Chiliades§8.717  all the others. There are also thirty other isles, called Orcades, And Thule is the closest one to them, another very big island, Lying closest -1000Servius, Commentary on Virgil's Aeneid§4.103  ait [4.enim] 'liceat Phrygio servire marito' et in georgicis 'tibi serviat ultima Thule '. quoque omnis iste mos coemptionis et citra nominis nuncupationem dotis datae -1000Silius Italicus, Punica§3.595  deified Julii. The father of that family shall give Rome victory over Thule, unknown till then, and shall be the first to lead an -215Silius Italicus, Punica§17.393  round the field with flying javelineers. Even so the woad-stained native of Thule drives his chariot armed with scythes round the close-packed ranks in battle. -215Juvenal, Satires§15.93  ours, influence all. Gaul’s Eloquence is educating Britain’s lawyers, and even farthest Thule already talks of hiring its own professor of rhetoric. How should we -72Virgil, Georgics§1.1  god of the vast sea, and sailors worship your powers, while furthest Thule serves you, and Tethys with all her waves wins you as son-in-law, -30Strabo, Geography§1.4.2  from thence to the Dnieper, 5000; and thence to the parallel of Thule, which Pytheas says is six days' sail north from Britain, and -1Strabo, Geography§1.4.3  near, — but that the Dnieper is under the same parallel as Thule, what man in his senses could ever agree to this? Pytheas, -1Strabo, Geography§1.4.3  ever agree to this? Pytheas, who has given us the history of Thule, is known to be a man upon whom no reliance can -1Strabo, Geography§1.4.3  us of many small islands round Britain, make no mention whatever of Thule . The length of Britain itself is nearly the same as that -1Strabo, Geography§1.4.4  is that of Ierne. Consequently the far region in which Eratosthenes places Thule must be totally uninhabitable. By what guesswork he arrived at the conclusion -1Strabo, Geography§1.4.4  what guesswork he arrived at the conclusion that between the latitude of Thule and the Dnieper there was a distance of 11,500 stadia I am -1Strabo, Geography§1.4.5  we have said, reckoning its breadth from the extremity of Ethiopia to Thule, was forced to extend its length beyond the true limits, that -1Strabo, Geography§2.4.1  is above 40,000 stadia in circumference. It is likewise he who describes Thule and other neighbouring places, where, according to him, neither earth, water, nor -1Strabo, Geography§2.5.8  Marseilles affirms that the farthest country north of the British islands is Thule ; for which place he says the summer tropic and the arctic -1Strabo, Geography§2.5.8  he records no other particulars concerning it; [he does not say] whether Thule is an island, or whether it continues habitable up to the point -1Strabo, Geography§4.5.5  The account of Thule is still more uncertain, on account of its secluded situation; for they -1Pomponius Mela, Chorographia§3.57   Thule is located near the coast of the Belcae, who are celebrated in -1Pliny the Elder, Natural History 1-11§2.77.1  winter. Pytheas of Marseilles writes that this occurs in the island of Thule, 6 days' voyage N. from Britain, and some declare it also -1Pliny the Elder, Natural History 1-11§2.112.2  the Tanais to the northward. Isidorus added 1,250 miles right on to Thule, which is a purely conjectural estimate. I understand that the territory -1Pliny the Elder, Natural History 1-11§4.30.1  or amber. The most remote of all that we find mentioned is Thule, in which, as we have previously stated, there is no night -1Pliny the Elder, Natural History 1-11§4.30.1  Dumna, Bergos, and, greater than all, Nerigos, from which persons embark for Thule . At one day's sail from Thule is the frozen ocean, which -1Pliny the Elder, Natural History 1-11§4.30.1  Nerigos, from which persons embark for Thule. At one day's sail from Thule is the frozen ocean, which by some is called the Cronian Sea. -1Showing 1 to 25 of 73 entriesPrevious123Next ToposText Web Version 3.0 Copyrights © 2019 All Rights Reserved. Developed by Pavla SA Ancient Texts/Places/People/Contact Quick Contact 👋 Get in Touch with Us Thank You for Contact Us! Our Team will contact you asap on your email Address. Send Message × Go to Text