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- | ====== Discovery of the Garamantes: Lucian' | + | < |
- | With the demise of the Ghaddafi regime in Libya, the floodgates have been opened for archeologists to study the Garamantes, an ancient Berber kingdom that populated that region from 500 BC to 700 AD [[wp> | + | <a href="http://lucianofsamosata.info/ |
- | It is well-known that Herodotus and some other ancient authors like Pliny mentioned the Garamantes, but it is less well-known that Lucian also wrote about the Garamantes in his essay [[http:// | + | </html> |
+ | ====== Discovery of the Garamantes: Lucian' | ||
- | On its borders dwell the Garamantians, | + | {{: |
+ | With the demise of the Ghaddafi regime in [[wp> | ||
- | And here is how Lucian | + | It is well-known that [[wp> |
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+ | On its borders dwell the Garamantians, | ||
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- | THE southern parts of Libya are all deep sand and parched soil, a desert of wide extent that produces nothing, one vast plain destitute of grass, herb, vegetation, and water; or if a remnant of the scanty rain stands | + | And here is how Lucian describes Libya: |
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+ | THE southern parts of Libya are all deep sand and parched soil, a desert of wide extent that produces nothing, one vast plain destitute of grass, herb, vegetation, and water; or if a remnant of the scanty rain stands here and there in a hollow place, it is turbid and evil-smelling, | ||
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Read the rest [[http:// | Read the rest [[http:// | ||
- | I think it will be a nice contrast to read what Herodotus has to say about the Garamantes. Some of it is ridiculous, but that's what makes Herodotus so charming: | + | I think it will be a nice contrast to read what Herodotus has to say about the Garamantes. Some of it is ridiculous, but that's what makes Herodotus so charming :-D. It's important to keep in mind that Herodotus lived 500 years before Lucian and did not live in the time of a united Mediterranean empire like Lucian did: |
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- | Ten days' journey from Augila there is again a salt-hill and a spring; | + | <div style=" |
+ | Ten days' journey from Augila there is again a salt-hill and a spring; | ||
palms of the fruitful kind grow here abundantly, as they do also at | palms of the fruitful kind grow here abundantly, as they do also at | ||
the other salt-hills. This region is inhabited by a nation called | the other salt-hills. This region is inhabited by a nation called | ||
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Their language is unlike that of any other people; it sounds like | Their language is unlike that of any other people; it sounds like | ||
the screeching of bats. | the screeching of bats. | ||
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