Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 189

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τὴν δὲ ἄρα ἐσθῆτα καὶ τὰς αἰγίδας τῶν ἀγαλμάτων τῆς Ἀθηναίης ἐκ τῶν Λιβυσσέων ἐποιήσαντο οἱ Ἕλληνες: πλὴν γὰρ ἢ ὅτι σκυτίνη ἡ ἐσθὴς τῶν Λιβυσσέων ἐστὶ καὶ οἱ θύσανοι οἱ ἐκ τῶν αἰγίδων αὐτῇσι οὐκ ὄφιες εἰσὶ ἀλλὰ ἱμάντινοι, τά γε ἄλλα πάντα κατὰ τὠυτὸ ἔσταλται. [2] καὶ δὴ καὶ τὸ οὔνομα κατηγορέει ὅτι ἐκ Λιβύης ἥκει ἡ στολὴ τῶν Παλλαδίων: αἰγέας γὰρ περιβάλλονται ψιλὰς περὶ τὴν ἐσθῆτα θυσανωτὰς αἱ Λίβυσσαι κεχριμένας ἐρευθεδάνῳ, ἐκ δὲ τῶν αἰγέων τουτέων αἰγίδας οἱ Ἕλληνες μετωνόμασαν. [3] δοκέει δ᾽ ἔμοιγε καὶ ὀλολυγὴ ἐν ἱροῖσι ἐνθαῦτα πρῶτον γενέσθαι: κάρτα γὰρ ταύτῃ χρέωνται καλῶς αἱ Λίβυσσαι. καὶ τέσσερας ἵππους συζευγνύναι παρὰ Λιβύων οἱ Ἕλληνες μεμαθήκασι.

Herodotus, with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.

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Commentary references to this page (1):
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Electra, 702
Cross-references to this page (4):
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), AEGIS
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), CORIA´RIUS
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), CYRE´NE
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), MARMA´RICA
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (15):
- LSJ, Λίβυ^ς
- LSJ, Παλλάδιον
- LSJ, αἴγεος
- LSJ, αἰγίς
- LSJ, ἐρευθ-έδα^νον
- LSJ, ἱμάντ-ι^νος
- LSJ, κατηγορ-έω
- LSJ, μετονομ-άζω
- LSJ, ὀλολυ_γ-ή
- LSJ, πλήν
- LSJ, θύσα^νος
- LSJ, θυ^σαν-ωτός
- LSJ, σκυ?τ-ι^νος
- LSJ, συ-ζεύγνυ_μι
- LSJ, χρίω

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