Berenice Epideires

Berenice Epideires (Greek: polytonic|Βερενίκη ἐπὶ Δειρῆς, Steph. B. "s. v."; Strabo xvi. pp. 769, 773; Mela, iii. 8; Plin. vi. 34; Ptol. viii. 16. § 12), or "Berenice upon the Neck of Land", was a town on the west shore of the Red Sea, near the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, in the modern-day country of Djibouti. Its position on a sandy spit or promontory of land was the cause of its distinctive appellation. Some authorities, however, attribute the name to the neighborhood of a more considerable town named Deire (or Deira); but the precise situation of the latter is unknown.

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