Bebryces
The Bebryces (
Thracian tribes that had crossed from Europe into Asia,[1] although modern scholars have rather argued for a Celtic origin.[2][3]
Name
Classical linguists considered the name of Bebryces related to the Bryges or Phrygians,[4][5] based on the geographic proximity, as well as the migration route of the Phrygians known from ancient myths.
B. Sergent suggests that the name Bebryces could be related to the Celtic tribes Bebruces, living in the
Gaulish bebros, bebrus, Old Irish Bibar, 'beaver').[2][7] Ivan Duridanov also suggested that the ethnonym was related to Indo-European words meaning "beaver".[8]
History
According to legend they were defeated by
Arabia (Apollodorus). Bebryx was also the father of Pyrene
.
Notes
- ^ Strabo, 7.3.2.
- ^ a b Sergent 1988, pp. 345–350.
- ^ Delamarre 2003, p. 69: "B. Sergent a démontré de façon convaincante (REA 40 [1988], 329-358) que les Bebrukes d'Anatolie étaient un peuple celtique et non pas thrace"
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), PACATIANA, PHRY´GIA
- ^ Bithyni / Bryges / Bebryces Thracian Tribe — Phrygians (jan 2, 3000 BC — jan 1, 690 BC) (Timeline)
- ^ Sergent 1988, p. 346.
- ^ Matasović 2009, p. 59.
- ISBN 3-88893-031-6.
- ^ a b Apollonius of Rhodes[full citation needed]
References
- Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental (in French). Errance. ISBN 9782877723695.
- Matasović, Ranko (2009). Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic. Brill. ISBN 9789004173361.
- .
- Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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