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Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley) | 202 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Polybius, Histories | 132 | 0 | Browse | Search |
M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Sir Edward Ridley) | 56 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Pausanias, Description of Greece | 44 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Diodorus Siculus, Library | 34 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Apollodorus, Library and Epitome (ed. Sir James George Frazer) | 28 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Strabo, Geography | 20 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation | 18 | 0 | Browse | Search |
P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid (ed. Theodore C. Williams) | 16 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War | 14 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Browsing named entities in Aeschylus, Suppliant Women (ed. Herbert Weir Smyth, Ph. D.). You can also browse the collection for Libya (Libya) or search for Libya (Libya) in all documents.
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Aeschylus, Suppliant Women (ed. Herbert Weir Smyth, Ph. D.), line 291 (search)
Aeschylus, Suppliant Women (ed. Herbert Weir Smyth, Ph. D.), line 274 (search)
Chorus
Our tale is brief and clear. Argiveswe claim to be by birth, offspring of a cow blest in its children. And the truth of this I shall confirm in full.
King
Foreign maidens, your tale is beyond my belief—how your race can be from Argos. For you are more similar to thewomen of Libya and in no way similar to those native to our land. The Nile, too, might foster such a stock, and like yours is the Cyprian impress stamped upon female images by male craftsmen. And of such aspect, I have heard, are nomad women, whoride on camels for steeds, having padded saddles, and dwell in a land neighboring the Aethiopians. And had you been armed with the bow, certainly I would have guessed you to be the unwed, flesh-devouring Amazons. But inform me, and I will better comprehendhow it is that you trace your race and lineage from Argo