"Dia Sienes derives from Syene, a city in Egypt and the beginning of the region of Thebais." (Cosmographiae introductio, chap. VII - Hessler 2008)
"…the climates that lie to the south of the equator … have corresponding names. These have been explored and may be called Antidia Meroes from the Greek anti, which means opposite or against." (Cosmographiae introductio, chap. VII - Hessler 2008)
"…the climates that lie to the south of the equator … have corresponding names. These have been explored and may be called Antidia Meroes from the Greek anti, which means opposite or against." (Cosmographiae introductio, chap. VII - Hessler 2008)