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Lake Tritonis (Chott el Djerid)

Herodotus's and Diodorus's lake, one of its proposed sites

Lake Tritonis (one proposed site)0

Note

Position from Wikidata Q849143 for the Chott el Djerid. Herodotus (4.178) has the river Triton running into a great Tritonian lake; Diodorus (3.53–55) puts the Amazons on an island in the marsh Tritonis, which vanished in an earthquake. Where the ancients meant is disputed: Peyras and Trousset (1988) show that the Herodotean tradition points to the Gulf of Gabès, other writers to the Lesser Syrtis, Cyrenaica or between the Syrtes, and only Mela, and perhaps Ptolemy, to an inland lake such as the great chotts. Herrmann identified the Chott el Djerid with both Tritonis and Atlantis in 1927–1931.

Cites 4

Albert Herrmann (Atlantipedia tag)

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Histories, Book 4, chapters 178–185

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Le lac Tritonis et les noms anciens du chott el Jérid

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The Library of History, Book 3, chapters 49–61

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Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Lake Tritonis (Chott el Djerid) [Place PLC0DCP7XJGDEER]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DCP7XJGDEER

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  title     = {Lake Tritonis (Chott el Djerid)},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Place, catalog key PLC0DCP7XJGDEER},
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