Libya
Greek · demigod · heroic age · Recorded classification
Daughter of Epaphus and the naiad Memphis, eponym of the African land of Libya. By Poseidon she bore the twin brothers Belus and Agenor, from whom flow the great genealogical lines of Greek myth: through Belus the Argive line (Danaids and ultimately Heracles), through Agenor the Phoenician, Cretan and Theban houses (Cadmus, Europa, Phoenix). She is the Libya named in the registry Epaphus entry, the central pivot of his far-reaching descent.
Parentage
Relations
- lover: PoseidonApollod. 2.1.4 (primary)
- mother of: Belus (king of Egypt, father of Aegyptus and Danaus, ancestor of the Argive royal line) · GreekBelus; entry pending in registry.Apollod. 2.1.4 (primary)
- mother of: Agenor (king of Tyre, father of Cadmus, Europa and Phoenix, ancestor of the Theban and Phoenician lines) · GreekAgenor; entry pending in registry.Apollod. 2.1.4, 3.1.1 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Apollodorus 2.1.4-2.1.5; Aeschylus, Suppliants 317-318; Herodotus 4.45; Hyginus, Fabulae 149, 157 (primary)
- parentage: Apollodorus 2.1.4 (daughter of Epaphus and Memphis) (primary)