Libyans
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the Libyans · Libyan tribes · Nomad horsemen
spoken of as
1 expressionNomad horsemen“Libyans”1 mention
Pythian (Greek)
There Alexidamus, when he had sped to the front of the swift race, took the noble girl’s hand in his hand and led her through the crowd of Nomad horsemen.
in the texts
The Histories
The various tribes inhabiting Libya's coast and interior, among whom the Nasamonians are singled out.
These are a Libyan people, inhabiting the country of the Syrtis and a little way to the east of the Syrtis.
It must be known that the whole northern seacoast of Libya, from Egypt as far as the promontory of Soloeis, which is the end of Libya, is inhabited throughout its length by Libyans, many tribes of them, except the part held by Greeks and Phoenicians;
The dove which came to Libya told the Libyans (they say) to make an oracle of Ammon;
Pythian
The Libyan nomadic people present as onlookers at the bridal footrace won by Alexidamus.
There Alexidamus, when he had sped to the front of the swift race, took the noble girl’s hand in his hand and led her through the crowd of Nomad horsemen.
History of the Peloponnesian War
Indigenous Libyan besiegers defeated by the Peloponnesian reinforcements during their voyage to Sicily.
For when they had been carried by a tempest to Libya, and the Cyrenaeans had given them two triremes, and pilots for their voyage, during their passage along shore they entered into alliance with the Euesperitae, who were being besieged by the Libyans, and defeated the latter people;