Ligyes
Ligyes = Ligures (w. s.), Avien. or. mar. 609.
Lĭgўes, um, m. , c. Ligures : Avien. Ora mar. 613.
Ligyes
(Λίγυες). (1) A people of Asia, mentioned by Herodotus (vii. 72). The historian informs us that the Ligyes, Mariandyni, and Cappadocians, forming part of the army of Xerxes, were under the same commander.
(2) See Liguria.
Ligyes
Ligyes, an Asiatic contingent in Xerxes' army
- apparently from near the Halys: Hdt. 7.72
- Ligurians: Hdt. 5.9
- their part in the invasion of Sicily: Hdt. 7.165