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Libya - the region of northern Africa, to the west of Egypt
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+ Libyan , Libyans
Aelian:Fr_344 DF} & & Suda_Ch'490 & & The Libyans suffer from a plagu
Aelian:NA_1.57 the enemies of all other Libyans, but towards the Psylli,
Aelian:NA_2.7 chelaus tells us that in Libya mules that have been wounde
Aelian:NA_2.11 dia or in Ethiopia or in Libya, anyone might suppose that
Aelian:NA_2.43 esert islands off the coast of Libya. When they return the
Aelian:NA_2.48 But the ravens of Libya, when men through fear of thirst
Aelian:NA_3.2 & Concerning the Libyan horse this is what I have learnt
Aelian:NA_3.13 they leave for Egypt, Libya, and Ethiopia, appearing
Aelian:NA_3.31 why travellers in Libya, which is the nurse of such monst
Aelian:NA_3.33 tance. [33] & The Libyan asp, I am told, blinds the sight
Aelian:NA_3.36 ason. It occurs in Libya and has short legs; it has a mout
Aelian:NA_4.2 Aphrodite sets out thence for Libya. They adduce in suppo
Aelian:NA_4.53 as evidence this animal from Libya. Its name he does not
Aelian:NA_5.2 -hunters from the neighbouring Libya use devices of this
Aelian:NA_6.10 Troglodytes, among the Libyans the Nomads, and among the
Aelian:NA_6.23 scorpions! The people of Libya dreading their numbers and
Aelian:NA_6.38 here is a story that the Libyan asp even blinds men with
Aelian:NA_6.56 appears that the Libyans do not confine themselves to
Aelian:NA_7.5 islodged. [5] & Libya is the parent of a great number
Aelian:NA_7.8 by sneezing. The Libyans are equally bold in stoutly mai
Aelian:NA_7.48 ell, he arrived in Libya and was for avoiding towns and,
Aelian:NA_10.36 ans was once seen in the Libyan Sea, and that a melody was
Aelian:NA_12.16 especially the asses of Libya which, being very big, moun
Aelian:NA_12.26 The Porcupines of Libya administer a sharp prick to those
Aelian:NA_12.32 numerous witnesses from Libya and the inhabitants of Egyp
Aelian:NA_12.44 two accounts from India and Libya show a difference.
Aelian:NA_14.10 on that the horses of Libya are small in appearance but
Aelian:NA_14.11 It seems that of Libyan cattle there are multitudes past
Aelian:NA_14.14-19 * the gazelles and prickets of Libya. The gazelles are ver
Aelian:NA_16.27 asserts that there is in Libya a certain race of men who
Aelian:NA_16.28 human beings unless a Libyan belonging to the race of
Aelian:NA_16.33 ats. And among the Libyans who border upon India I learn
Aelian:NA_16.37 here are other Psylli in Libya also) the horses are no big
Aelian:NA_17.6 metus says that in Libya there is a certain city where the
Aelian:NA_17.10 enus* they abound.] In Libya there is an absence of wild
Aelian:NA_17.27 is said that in Libya there used to exist a race of men
Aelian:NA_17.41 urther, a tribe in Libya, whom I have mentioned earlier
AnthPal_6.225 1 } & Heroines of the Libyans, girt with tufted goat-sk
AnthPal_6.326 & { F 5 } & Nicis the Libyan, son of Lysimachus, dedica
AnthPal_7.293 icophemus in the waters of the Libyan Sea. But alas, unhap
AnthPal_7.543 made your grave in the Libyan Sea, when that tired close
Arrian:Fr_1 governor of Egypt and Libya, and of that part of Arabia
Arrian:Fr_9 uring his flight by some Libyan drivers, and taken to Epic
Arrian:Fr_28 die in his homeland, in Libya, for an ancient oracle had
Athen_11.462 some of the Numidians, in Libya, own nothing else but a
Athen_14.618 ntly call the flute "the Libyan flute", as Duris remarks
Athen_14.623 vinegar : then there's Libyan silphium, & Dried in the
Athen_14.651 tus, as it is called, in Libya, that Herodotus here gives
Crinag_9.235 mon to both, turning Egypt and Libya into one country. May
Euseb]:Chron_41 cles, let his armies as far as Libya and Iberia. He conque
Euseb]:Chron_49 says that he conquered most of Libya and Iberia. I have
Euseb]:Chron_73 inhabitants] of Egypt, Libya and all the regions to the
Euseb]:Chron_119 and built the city Carthage in Libya. So the whole time
Euseb]:Chron_139 ochis - In his reign the Libyans revolted from the Egyptia
Euseb]:Chron_163 ade his brother ruler of Libya instead, and after that Phi
Euseb]:Chron_237 us, who conquered the whole of Libya and captured Cyrene.
Euseb]:Chron_267 foreigners who came there from Libya. But some of the Roma
ExcBarb_33B areas as far as upper Libya to Philippus, who was calle
Festus:Brev_13 with the other cities of Libya's Pentapolis, were obtained
Hieron:Chron_1952 1952] [not in Ar.] Libya was bequeathed to the Romans by
Joseph:AJ_12.414 beria, and Carthage, and Libya; and that, besides these,
Just_1.1 im, as far as the frontiers of Libya. Sesostris, king of
LeonTar_7.273 as I sailed the middle of the Libyan deep. I myself am
MArgent_7.395 as he was crossing the Libyan sea, then when the force
Nicand:Al_360 root of silphium from Libya, or else some of its gum,
OGIS_54 (c. 246) kingdom of Egypt and Libya and Syria and Phoenicia
Phylarch_15 successor as ruler of Libya was Cyrene, the daughter
Phylarch_16 that after she came to Libya with many companions, she
Porph:Fr_56 crossing the land of the Libyans and Ethiopians, he will
PsCallisth_1.1 Messengers and Ammon, god of Libya. So when by such magi
PsCallisth_1.4 And he said: "The god of Libya, the horned, wealth-bringin
PsCallisth_1.8 that Ammon, the god of Libya, is the sower of the seed."
PsCallisth_1.10 mmon, the god of all the Libyans." & So afterwards, on acc
PsCallisth_1.30 there he crossed over Libya with a few soldiers, and
PsCallisth_1.31 also one called Heron, a Libyan by birth, who had a brothe
PsCallisth_3.17 nia and Ammon the god of Libya, and I vowed that if they
PsCallisth_3.24 you near the land of the Libyans seated on a throne, and
PsCallisth_3.33 Egypt to Perdiccas and Libya to Ptolemy and I give him
SelPap_2.212 placed at Taposiris, the Libyan town of that name, ano

Libya ² - the mother of Belus and Agenor
Euseb]:Chron_173 was the son of Poseidon and Libya. Europs, for 45 years

Libya → see Africa²

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