Everything about Epidii totally explained
The
Epidii (Greek Επίδιοι) were a
Celtic tribe that inhabited the modern-day regions of
Argyll and
Kintyre, as well as the
islands of
Islay and
Jura. They were mentioned by the
geographer Ptolemy of
Alexandria:
» Next to the Damnoni, but more toward the east near the Epidium Promontorium are the Epidi and next to these the Cerones; ...
Recent studies would make them
Goidelic-speaking rather than
Brythonic-speaking as the reported name suggests.
The area they're presumed to have controlled later became the heartland of the kingdom of
Dál Riata.
Etymology
The name includes the
Brittonic and
Gaulish root
epos, meaning horse (Delamarre pp.163-164). (Compare with
Goidelic primitive Irish
ech). It may, perhaps, be related to the Horse-goddess
Epona.
Civitas
Ptolemy doesn't list a Πολεις for the Epidii, but the
Ravenna Cosmography (RC 108.4) lists Rauatonium, assumed to be Southend, Kintyre.
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