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HANNO , the name of a large number of Carthaginian soldiers and statesmen . Of the See also:majority little is known; the most important are the followings: 1 . HANNO, Carthaginian navigator, who probably flourished about 500 B.C . It has been conjectured that he was the son of the Hamilcar who was killed at See also:Himera (48o), but there is nothing to prove this . He was the author of an See also:account of a See also:coasting voyage on the See also:west See also:coast of See also:Africa, undertaken for the purpose of exploration and colonization . The See also:original, inscribed on a tablet in the Phoenician See also:language, was hung up in the See also:temple of Melkarth on his return to See also:Carthage . What is generally sup-posed to be a See also:Greek See also:translation of this is still extant; under the See also:title of Periplus, although its authenticity has been questioned . Hanno appears to have advanced beyond Sierra Leone as far as Cape Palmas . On the See also:island which formed the See also:terminus of his voyage the explorer found a number of hairy See also:women, whom the interpreters called Gorillas (Popixxas) . Valuable See also:editions by T . See also:Falconer (1797, with translation and See also:defence of its authenticity) and C . W .
See also: After the See also:battle of Zama (202) he was one of the ambassadors sent to Scipio to See also:sue for peace . Remarkably little is known of him, considering the great influence he undoubtedly exercised amongst his countrymen . Livy xxi . 3 if., See also:xxiii . 12; See also:Polybius i . 67 ff . ; See also:Appian, Res Hispanicae, 4, 5, Res Punicae, 34, 49, 68 . |
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