Both Uses of
Libya
in
The Winter's Tale
- Good, my lord, She came from Libya.†
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- Most royal sir, from thence; from him whose daughter His tears proclaim'd his, parting with her: thence,— A prosperous south-wind friendly, we have cross'd, To execute the charge my father gave me, For visiting your highness: my best train I have from your Sicilian shores dismiss'd; Who for Bohemia bend, to signify Not only my success in Libya, sir, But my arrival, and my wife's, in safety Here, where we are.†
Scene 5.1
Definition:
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(Libya) a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; fourth largest country in Africa by area and consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum known for human rights abuses