Νιγρῆτες
Nigretes
Translated by David Whitehead21 Sep 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
A Libyan people.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νιγρῆτες· ἔθνος Λιβυκόν.
Betacode
*nigrh=tes: e)/qnos *libuko/n.
Notes
- Abbreviated from Stephanus of Byzantium s.v., who claims that they took their name from a R.Nigres, and quotes a phrase --
kai\ a)gxe/maxoi *ni/grhtes ("and the Nigretes, hand-to-hand fighters") -- from 'Dionysius' (i.e. D. Periegetes, Orbis descriptio 215).
See also Strabo 2.5.33, 16.4.37, 17.3.3 & 7; and Barrington Atlas map 29, right side ('Nigritae').
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- Translated — David Whitehead