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PLINTHINE´TICUS SINUS

PLINTHINE´TICUS SINUS (Πλινθινήτης κόλπος, Hdt. 2.6), the westernmost of the Mediterranean harbours of Aegypt. It was indeed little more than a roadstead, and was exposed to the N. and NW. winds. W. of the Sinus Plinthineticus began the Regio Marmarica.

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    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.6
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