Libya
Publié le 17/01/2022
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Libya (1) Greek Mother, with sea god Poseidon,
of Agenor, king of Tyre.
See also Europa.
Libya (2) The Greek name for North Africa, excluding
Egypt and Ethiopia. In Homer's Odyssey,
Odysseus and his crew make landfall in Libya in
the land of the Lotus-Eaters. In Virgil's Aeneid,
Aeneas and his crew reach the coast of Libya, where
Aeneas is visited by his mother, the goddess Venus.