Salæ
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Salæ was a tribe of Anatolia mentioned by Pliny[1].
Variants
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Salahu = Salæ (Pliny.vi.4)
Mention by Pliny
Pliny [2] mentions The region of Themiscyra, and the nations therein...At the mouth of the Phasis, at a distance of seventy miles from Absarus, are some islands, which, however, have no name. After passing this, we come to another river, the Charieis,37 and the nation of the Salæ, by the ancients called Phthirophagi,38 as also Suani.39 The river Chobus40 flows from the Caucasus through the country of the Suani.
37 It is doubtful whether this is the same river as that mentioned by Strabo under the name of Chares. D'Anville says that its modern name is Enguri.
38 Or "Feeders on Lice;" so called, according to Strabo, from the extreme filthiness of their habits.
39 There is a nation in this vicinity still called by a similar name. Professor Pallas, who visited them, says that nothing can equal their dishonesty, rapacity, and voracity. Parisot suggests that they are probably the descendants of the Phthirophagi of Pliny.
40 Now called the Khalira, according to D'Anville.