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 mentions 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. ↑ "Macrocephali". Theoi Greek Mythology. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  2. ↑ Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Arts. E. Littell. 1842. p. 612.
  3. ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Macrocephali
  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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