Listed 7 sub titles with search on: Ancient literary sources for wider area of: "LIBYA Country NORTH AFRICA" .
AMMONIA (Ancient country) LIBYA
Ammonians
a people of Libya: Paus. 3.18.3, Paus. 9.16.1
a colony from Egypt and Ethiopia: Hdt. 2.42
on the route from Egypt to N.W. Africa: Hdt. 4.181
Cambyses' expedition against them: Hdt. 3.25, Hdt. 3.26
KYRINI (Ancient city) LIBYA
Founded by Battus, Dioscuri come from C. to Sparta, early history of Cyrene and its kings, "lotus" grown there, Cyrenaeans' visit to the oracle of Ammon, Egyptian attack on Cyrene, alliance with Amasis, tribute to Persia, revolts against Ptolemy I, taken by Magas, revolts against Ptolemy II, statue of C. as charioteer of Battus, fertility of Cyrenaean country.
LIBYA (Country) NORTH AFRICA
Named after Libya, daughter of Epaphus, Danaus settled in, Herakles in, and Europe, pillars of Herakles at the boundaries of, traversed by Herakles, Greeks settle in, Guneus goes to, Cinyps, river in, Menelaus wanders to, Odysseus wanders to, part of it submerged by the Nile flood, extent of Libya, story of a crossing of the Libyan desert, Poseidon a Libyan deity, Libya and Dodona, Libyans a healthy people, Libyan tribute to Persia, heat of Libya, Darius' proposed conquest of Libya, list of Libyan tribes and description of their manners and customs, circumnavigation of Libya, early history of Cyrene, Dorieus in Libya, Ethiopians of Libya woolly haired, Libyans in Xerxes' army, with the Carthaginians in the attack on Gelon, produces land-crocodiles and great snakes, desert of L., its strange wild beasts, its utmost parts, god and oracle of, Libyan Sea, Libyan stone, Libyan story of Athena's parentage.
Surname of Hermes.
VARKA (Ancient city) LIBYA
A town of northern Libya, a colony from Cyrene, its tribute to Persia, submission to Cambyses,
troubles with Cyrene, captured and enslaved by Persians.
ABROTONON (Ancient city) LIBYA
Neapolis, a Carthaginian mart, and the nearest point to Sicily, from which it is only two days' and a night's voyage
This extract is from: Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. Richard Crawley
Cited Jul 2002 from Perseus Project URL bellow, which contains comments & interesting hyperlinks.
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