Ethiopian

With the direction first, inhabitants of the Ethiopia.

In the Greek Mythologie, Ethiopian is the name given to the black people of Africa in the south of the Egypt. It means “burned face”, Αἰθιοπία / Aithiopía , of αἴθω / aíthô “to burn” and ὤψ / ốps , “face”, and refers to the legend of Phaéton, born from the union of Phébus and of Clymène, marries of Mérops, king of the Ethiopian ones. In its insane race through the Sky on the tank of his father, it approached too much close to the ground to the Ground. The populations which lived in these areas close to the kingdom of Océan Ὠκεανός / Ôkeanós , then was burned and marked like their descent, which explained their dark dye, and the Libya transformed into Désert.

Time of the ancient Greece, the Ethiopia was indeed consisted of the kingdom of Axoum. Many Greek inscriptions were in addition found primarily around the towns of Axoum and Adoulis, main port of the kingdom. the Tour of the sea Érythrée mentions for example that the king Zoscales of Axoum was versed in the greecque literature. Others like that of the inscription of Ezana, are written at that time in guèze, sabéen and Greek, the king Ezana while have suddenly described him even like " wire of the invincible Arès" god; ; on a basalt stele which was drawn up with the back of a marble throne placed at the entry of the town of Adoulis, one read in addition: " I am descended in Adoulis to offer sacrifices to Zeus, Arès, and Poséidon in favor of the sailors. Then, after having gathered my armies to do only one of them, I camped in this place and I offered this throne in Arès ex-voto, in the twenty-seven year of my règne." .

Among the Abyssinian () S in the Greek Mythology, one can count inter alia:

- Céphée and Cassiopée, king and queen of Ethiopia

- Andromède parents Ethiopic (Persée " originating in Chemmis, Egypt)

- Delphos, founder of Delphes

- Memnon, Ethiopian prince combatant in the Trojan War

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