Sirechæ
Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Sirechæ was an Arabian tribe mentioned by Pliny[1].
Variants
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Sire = Sirechæ (Pliny.vi.34)
Mention by Pliny
Pliny[2] mentions Troglodytice....We learn also from the same author that some nations of the Troglodytae have the name of Therothoæ28, being so called from their skill in hunting. They are remarkable for their swiftness, he says, just as the Ichthyophagi are, who can swim like the animals whose element is the sea. He speaks also of the Bangeni, the Gangoræ, the Chalybes, the Xoxinæ, the Sirechæ, the Daremæ, and the Domazames.
28 Apparently meaning in the Greek the "jackal-hunters," θηροθῶες. For an account of this animal, see B. viii. c. 52, and B. xv. c. 95.