These creatures and many others were all described and named by Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historiæ from 77 AD: A monopod and a satyr (top); a blemmyae and a panotti (above).
In the novel Baudolino (2000), Umberto Eco describes the discovery and subsequent donation of the Magi's relics as an elaborate 12th century hoax perpetrated by the title character.
Eco, Umberto, Baudolino, Harvest Books, 2003 (ISBN 0-15-602906-5)
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Pndapetzim is a fictitious city depicted in Umberto Eco's Baudolino.