• Santarém, the paradise of delights: finding Strabo's Moron and its lost island with a new ethymology for Moron

    Author(s):
    J. M. Sobota (see profile)
    Date:
    2023
    Subject(s):
    Portugal, Strabo
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    etymology, history, Moron, Santarém, Strabo
    Permanent URL:
    https://doi.org/10.17613/wyv1-eg18
    Abstract:
    The city of Mōron mentioned by Strabo would be at either Santarém or Chões de Alpompé, but not at the Alto do Castelo, in Alpiarça. This was the conclusion of a study by the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut in 1982-88. Other authors point to Almeirim, a city eight kilometres south of Alpiarça. Schulten proposes Mōron is the island and castle of Almourol (Tancos). There are at least five hypotheses suggesting where the city of Mōron was. This stems from a restricted understanding of the full meaning of the Greek word kαηά. In this article, I clarify the most used meaning of kαηά, I propose a new etymology for Mōron and retrieve historical information about the place of an old arm of the river Tagus and of the Lagoon of Almeirim, which pointed me the right place of the island mentioned by Strabo, which was close to Mōron. If my suggestions are correct, then these 2,000-year-old riddles are solved.
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    Pub. Date:
    26th Decembere 2022
    Journal:
    Review of Historical Geography and Toponomastics - RHGT
    Volume:
    XVII
    Issue:
    33-34
    Page Range:
    115 - 136
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    6 months ago
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial

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