Macrocephali

Macrocephali

Macrocephali

Ancient tribe of Africans or Indians who performed artificial cranial deformation

This article is about the ancient tribe. For the medical condition, see Macrocephaly.

The Macrocephali (Ancient Greek: Μακροκέφαλοι; "long-headed people") were ancient tribes of Africans or Indians who performed artificial cranial deformation.[1][2]

Some ancient authors mention such tribes also at Caucasus and in the north-east of Pontus (region).[3]

Their cultural practice of artificially shaping the skulls of their children was mentioned by Hesiod, Hippocrates,[4] Pomponius Mela, Pliny the Elder, Valerius Flaccus, Xenophon, Strabo, and Eustathius.

References

  1. [1]
    "Macrocephali". Theoi Greek Mythology. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  2. [2]
    Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Arts. E. Littell. 1842. p. 612.
  3. [3]
    Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Macrocephali
  4. [4]
    Hippocrates of Cos (1923) [ca. 400 BC] Airs, Waters, and Places, Part 14, e.g., Loeb Classic Library Vol. 147, pp. 110-111 (W. H. S. Jones, transl., DOI: 10.4159/DLCL.hippocrates_cos-airs_waters_places.1923, see . Alternatively, the Adams 1849 and subsequent English editions (e.g., 1891), The Genuine Works of Hippocrates (Francis Adams, transl.), New York, NY, USA: William Wood, at the [MIT] Internet Classics Archive (Daniel C. Stevenson, compiler), see . Alternatively, the Clifton 1752 English editions, "Hippocrates Upon Air, Water, and Situation; Upon Epidemical Diseases; and Upon Prognosticks, In Acute Cases especially. To which is added…" Second edition, pp. 22-23 (Francis Clifton, transl.), London, GBR: John Whiston and Benj. White; and Lockyer Davis, see . All web versions accessed 1 August 2015.
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