APO´COPA
APO´COPA (
Ἀπόκοπα,
Steph. B. sub voce Peripl. M. Eryth. p. 9;
Ptol. 1.17.7), Magna and Parva, respectively
Bandel d'Agoa and
Cape Bedouins, were two small towns in a bay of similar name (
Ptol. 1.17.9), on the coast of Africa Barbaria, between the headlands of Raptum and Prasum. Their inhabitants were Aethiopians (
Αἰθίοπες Ῥάψιοι, Ptol. 4.8.3).
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