THAMUDE´NI
Eth.
THAMUDE´NI (
Θαμουδηνοί), a people of Arabia, dwelling upon the coast of the Arabian gulf, for more than 1000 stadia from about
Moilah to
Widjeh. (
Diod. 3.44; Agatharch. p. 59, Hudson, § 92, with Miiller's note.) Ptolemy mentions the Thamydeni (
Θαμυδηνοί) among the inland tribes of Arabia (6.7.21), but in another passage he places them upon the coast, under the slightly altered name of Thamyditae (
Θαμυδῖται, 6.7.4). In Pliny they are called Thamudeni (6.28. s. 32). Stephanus B. makes Thamuda (
Θαμουδά) a neighbour of the Nabataeans.
The name is evidently the same as Thamud, a celebrated tribe in early Arabian history.