Mardyene
Μαρδυηνή
Mardyene (Μαρδυηνή, Ptol. 6.4.3), a district of ancient Persis, which, according to Ptolemy, extended to the sea-coast. The name is probably derived from some of the far extended nomade tribes of the Mardi or Amardi. (Hdt. 1.125; Strab. xi. p.524.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.