In Greek mythology, Libya (Ancient Greek: Λιβύη, romanized: Libýē), or Libye, was a name shared by two individuals:
- Libya, daughter of the Titan Oceanus and Pompholyge, and the sister of Asia.[1] She may be one of the Oceanids and possibly a daughter of Tethys, the consort of Oceanus. In one account, Libya was the consort of the sea god Triton[2] and by him the mother of various nymphs, probably including the Tritonian nymph who bore Nasamon and Caphaurus to Amphitemis.[3]
- Libya, a princess of Egypt as the daughter of King Epaphus. She became the mother of Belus and Agenor by Poseidon, the god of the sea.[4]
Notes edit
- ^ Andron of Halicarnassus fr. 7 Fowler = FGrHist 10 F 7 (Fowler 2000, p. 42; Fowler 2013, p. 13; Bouzek and Graninger, p. 12. Fowler 2013, p. 15, calls Pompholyge, a name found nowhere else, an ad hoc invention.)
- ^ Apollonius of Rhodes, 4.1323, 1358 & 1742
- ^ Apollonius of Rhodes, 4.1495–1450
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 160
References edit
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Fowler, Robert L., Early Greek Mythography. Volume 2: Commentary. Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom. 2013. ISBN 978-0-19-814741-1
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