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Mythology

As with much of Africa, the region of Libya was viewed in the lens of Greek mythology as a distant place. While Greeks are known to have been in contact with Africa since at least the Bronze Age, trade was largely centered on exchange with Egypt, from which it is likely that the term Libya actually originates (specifically in reference to the tribe of Libu).

Personified as an individual, Libya was the daughter of Epaphus,

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