Adyrmachid

The Adyrmachiden were loud Herodotus , a Libyan tribe .

location

The Adyrmachid people were west of Egypt to about Sollum and east of the Giligam tribe .

Manners

The Adymachids were largely shaped by Egypt. Her clothes are said to be of Libyan origin. The women are said to have long hair and an ore ring on each calf .

According to Herodotus, the chief of the tribe, who, as a priest, was supposed to keep out the harmful influences, were brought before the marriageable virgins for defloration - a procedure that was still practiced in Senegal in the 20th century.

literature

• Richard Pietschmann : Adyrmachidai . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 440.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Herodotus : Histories . German complete edition, translated by A. Horneffer, re-edited and explained by HW Haussig , with an introduction by WF Otto . Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1971, p. 695 f.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Herodotus, Historien 4,168.