Editing Bebryces

The '''Bebryces''' ({{langx|el|Βέβρυκες}}) were a tribe of people who lived in [[Bithynia]]. According to [[Strabo]] they were one of the many [[Thracian]]  tribes that had crossed from Europe into Asia,<ref>[[Strabo]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-eng1:7.3.2 7.3.2].</ref> although modern scholars have rather argued for a Celtic origin.{{Sfn|Sergent|1988|p=|pp=345–350}}{{Sfn|Delamarre|2003|p=69|ps=: "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"}}

== Name ==
Classical linguists considered the name of Bebryces related to the thracian tribe [[Bryges]], which was later renamed to [[Phrygians|Phryges]] (Phrygians),<ref>[https://anastrophe.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/perseus/citequery3.pl?dbname=GreekNov21&getid=2&query=Str.%207.3.2 Strabo, Geography § 7.3.2]</ref><ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0137:book=5:chapter=41&highlight=mysi Pliny the Elder, The Natural History § 5.41]</ref> based on the geographic proximity, as well as the migration route of the Phrygians known from ancient myths.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:id=phrygia-geo Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), PACATIANA, PHRY´GIA]</ref><ref>[https://time.graphics/period/3124876 Bithyni / Bryges / Bebryces Thracian Tribe — Phrygians (jan 2, 3000 BC — jan 1, 690 BC) (Timeline)]</ref>

B. Sergent suggests that the name ''Bebryces'' could be related to the Celtic tribes ''Bebruces'', living in the [[Pyrenees]], and ''Briboci'', dwelling in Britain,{{Sfn|Sergent|1988|p=346}} all ultimately stemming from [[Proto-Celtic language|Proto-Celtic]] ''*brebu'' ('beaver'; see [[Gaulish language|Gaulish]] ''bebros'', ''bebrus'', [[Old Irish]] ''Bibar'', 'beaver').{{Sfn|Sergent|1988|p=|pp=345–350}}{{Sfn|Matasović|2009|p=59}} [[Ivan Duridanov]] also suggested that the ethnonym was related to Indo-European words meaning "beaver".<ref>{{cite book|first=Ivan|last=Duridanov | title=Die Sprache der Thraker | series=Bulgarische Sammlung | volume= 5 | publisher=Hieronymus Verlag | year=1985 | page = 67 | isbn=3-88893-031-6 | language= de}}</ref>

The same word denotes beaver in [[Slavic languages|Slavic Languages]] (*''bebrus'' in [[Proto-Balto-Slavic language|Proto-Balto-Slavic]], ''bober'' in [[Slovene language|Slovenian]], ''bobar'' in [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]], ''bobr'' in [[Russian language|Russian]]).<ref>[[wiktionary:bobr|Czech Etymological Dictionary]]</ref><ref>[[wiktionary:bober|Romanian Etymologial Dictionary]]</ref>

== History ==
According to legend they were defeated by [[Heracles]] or the [[Dioscuri]],<ref name=Apollonius>[[Apollonius of Rhodes]]{{full citation needed|date=July 2023}}</ref> who killed their king, [[Mygdon of Bebryces|Mygdon]] or [[Amykos|Amycus]].<ref name=Apollonius/>  Their land was then given to King [[Lycus (mythology)|Lycus]] of the [[Mariandyni]]ans, who built the city [[Heraclea Pontica|Heraclea]] there.  Some say Amycus was a brother of Mygdon and another Bebrycian king; both were sons of [[Poseidon]] and [[Melia (consort of Poseidon)|Melia]]. Greek mythology offers two different accounts for the origin of the name 'Bebryces': either from a woman named Bebryce (Eustath. ad [[Dionysius Periegetes]] 805.), or from a hero named [[Bebryx]] (or Bebrycus) (Steph. Byz. s.v. Bebrycus). Bebryce is possibly the same as Bryce, a daughter of [[Danaus]], a mythical King of [[Ancient Libya|Libya]] and [[Arabia]] (Apollodorus). Bebryx was also the father of [[Pyrene (daughter of Bebryx)|Pyrene]].

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== References ==
*{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C3BKPgAACAAJ|title=Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental|last=Delamarre|first=Xavier|date=2003|publisher=Errance|isbn=9782877723695|language=fr}}
*{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YN_YPQAACAAJ|title=Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic|last=Matasović|first=Ranko|date=2009|publisher=Brill|isbn=9789004173361|language=en}}
*{{Cite journal|last=Sergent|first=Bernard|author-link=Bernard Sergent|date=1988|title=Les premiers Celtes d'Anatolie|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/rea_0035-2004_1988_num_90_3_4340|journal=Revue des Études Anciennes|volume=90|issue=3|pages=329–358|doi=10.3406/rea.1988.4340}}
*[[Strabo]], ''[[Geographica|The Geography of Strabo]].'' Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0198%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D1%3Asection%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*Strabo, ''Geographica'' edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0197 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]

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