Αἰθίοπες

Αἰθίοπες — Aethiopia (Africa), Pleiades 39274

Αἰθίοπες

• Αἰθιοπῆες A 423
• (ἀμύμονες, ἔσχατοι ἀνδρῶν).
• A people represented as dwelling by Oceanus on the extreme limits of the world.
• Zeus and the gods go thither for a sacrifice Il. 1.423;
• so Iris Il. 23.206: and Poseidon Od. 1.22, Od. 5.287.
• Divided into two peoples Od. 1.22.
• Visited by Menelaus Od. 4.84.
• Returning from them Poseidon desries Odysseus Od. 5.282.

Αἰθίοπες (αἴθω, the ‘swarthy’), acc. ῆας: Aethiopians, a pious folk, loved and visited by the gods, dwelling on the borders of Oceanus, in two divisions, east and west, Od. 1.22ff.