Libya (mythology)
Two characters in Greek mythology
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In Greek mythology, Libya, Libye, Lybie or Lybee (Ancient Greek: Λιβύη, romanized: Libúē or Λυβίη, Lybiē) was a name shared by two individuals:
- Libya, daughter of the Titan Oceanus and Pompholyge, and the sister of Asia.[1] 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] Some sources describe her as the mother of Lamia.[5][6] The ancient Greeks considered her the origin of the name of the place Libya.[7]
