Agrios Anthropos

WILDMAN of North Africa. 
Etymology: Greek, “wild man.”
Physical description: Covered with hair. 
Distribution: Western Libya. 
Possible explanation: Distorted accounts of Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) or Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) living in the forest much farther to the south. 
Source: Herodotus, The Histories, trans. Aubrey de Sélincourt (London: Penguin, 1996), p. 276 (IV. 191)
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