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Headword:
*)/afroi
Adler number: alpha,4655
Translated headword: Africans
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Name of a people; [i.e.] the Carthaginians. [Named] from Afros who was king of Libya, the son of Kronos out of Philyra.[1]
For where a)fro\s leuko/s ["white foam"] comes from, look under "snow".[2]
Greek Original:*)/afroi: o)/noma e)/qnous: oi( *karxhdo/nioi. a)po\ *)/afrou tou= th=s *libu/hs basileu/santos, tou= ui(ou= *kro/nou, e)k *filu/ras gegono/tos. po/qen o( a)fro\s leuko/s, zh/tei e)n tw=| xiw/n.
Notes:
[1] For Kronos and Philyra as parents of Cheiron the Centaur, see
Apollodorus,
Library 1.2.4.
[2]
chi 317.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 5 June 2001@13:38:46.
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