Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Libya.
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Bibliotheca (Libya)
Apollodorus
Apollodorus makes Libya daughter of Epaphus and Memphis — eponym of the continent, mother by Poseidon of Belus and Agenor, the stem of Egyptian and Phoenician kings.
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Libya
The continent and modern state keep the eponym of Epaphus’ daughter — geographic language as lasting reception of the mythic ancestress.