Zygritai
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne
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Last modified
Sep 23, 2025 11:23 PM
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History
The Zygritai were a Libyan people mentioned by Ptolemy and thought to have been localized in the vicinity of the ancient town of Zygris, for which Ptolemy separately provides coordinates. Desanges (whence RE) puts them in the vicinity of modern Sidi Barrani in Egypt's Matruh governorate. BAtlas writes the label just east of Sidi Barrani, between it and Marsa Matruh.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/716658
31.4831202497, 26.3352891351
- Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 1860 meters.
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- Ζυγριται (Zygritai: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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map label location, people, tribe (historical cultural group)
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 73 D2 Zygritai
The New Pauly reference has been removed from this place resource. It cites Desanges and RE, but renders itself incorrect and confusing in both English and German by inverting the descriptive directional relationships with other peoples and communities.
D.J. Mattingly, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, R. Talbert, and Ryan Horne, 'Zygritai: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/716658> [accessed: 11 February 2026]
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