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Libya |
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Queen of Egypt |
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Female |
| Death |
Yes, date unknown |
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- «b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya_(mythology)
Libya«/b» (from «u»Greek «/u»: is the name given to both a region of «u»North Africa «/u» («u»Ancient Libya «/u») and a daughter of «u»Epaphus «/u», King of Egypt, in both «u»Greek «/u» and «u»Roman mythology «/u».
«b»Greek mythology«/b»
In «u»Greek mythology «/u», Libya, like «u»Ethiopia «/u» or «u»Scythia «/u» was one of the mythic outlands that encircled the familiar Greek world of the Hellenes and their "foreign" neighbors.
Personified as an individual, Libya was the daughter of «u»Epaphus «/u» \emdash a son of «u»Zeus «/u» and King of Egypt \emdash and «u»Memphis «/u». Libya was ravished by the god «u»Poseidon «/u» to whom she bore twin sons, «u»Belus «/u» and «u»Agenor «/u». Some sources name a third son, named «u»Lelex «/u». Such genealogies, when applied to a personification of a land, were suggestive to Greek audiences, but need some explication for ordinary modern readers.
«b»Roman mythology
«/b»In «u»Roman mythology «/u», Libya was the daughter of Epaphus, King of Egypt, and his wife Cassiopeia. She married «u»Neptune «/u», a foreigner of much power whose real name is unknown. Libya and Neptune had a son called «u»Busiris «/u», whom became a brutal tyrant of «u»Upper Egypt «/u». «u»[1]«/u»
The territory that she ruled, «u»Ancient Libya «/u», and the country of modern day «u»Libya «/u» are named after her.«u»[2]«/u»
«b»Notes
«u»1. ^\ulnone«/b» Virginia Brown's translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's «i»Famous Women«/i», pp. 24-25; Harvard University Press 2001; «u»ISBN 0-674-01130-9 «/u»
\ul«b»2. ^\ulnone«/b» Id., p. 25
«b»References
\tab«/b»Isidore, «i»Etymologiae«/i» xiv.4.1, 5.1
«tab»Augustine, «i»De civitate dei«/i» xviii.12
«tab»Lactantius Placidus, «i»Commentarii in Sattii Thebaida«/i» iv.737
- (Research):«b»http://fabpedigree.com/s017/f664438.htm«/b»
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