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Lydian soldier (Old Persian cuneiform 𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭, Sparda) [1] of the Achaemenid army, Xerxes I tomb, c. 480 BC. Lydia c. 50 AD , with the main settlements and Greek colonies. Not to be confused with Lycians , another Anatolian people.
Lydia (Ancient Greek: Λυδία, romanized: Ludía; Latin: Lȳdia) was an Iron Age kingdom situated in the west of Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire.
The Lydian religion refers to the mythology, ritual practices and beliefs of the Lydians, an ancient people of Iron Age Anatolia.. Based on limited evidence, Lydian religious practices were centred around the fertility of nature, as was common among ancient societies which depended on the successful cultivation of land.
Lydian may refer to: Lydians, an ancient people of Anatolia; Lydian language, an ancient Anatolian language; Lydian alphabet. Lydian (Unicode block) Lydian (typeface), a decorative typeface; Lydian dominant scale or acoustic scale, a musical scale Lydian mode, a mode derived from ancient Greek music
This article lists the known kings of Lydia, both legendary and historical.Lydia was an ancient kingdom in western Anatolia during the first millennium BC. It may have originated as a country in the second millennium BC and was possibly called Maeonia at one time, given that Herodotus says the people were called Maeonians before they became known as Lydians.
Atys (Ancient Greek: Ἄτυς) is a legendary figure of the 2nd millennium BC who is attested by Herodotus to have been an early king of Lydia, then probably known as Maeonia. He was the son of Manes and the father of Lydus, after whom the Lydian people were later named. [1] Herodotus recounts that Maeonia was beset by severe famine during ...
Pactyes the Lydian was put in charge of the civil administration of Lydia, under the Persian satrap Tabalus.. Pactyes was the Lydian put in charge of civil administration and gathering Croesus's gold when Lydia was conquered by Cyrus the Great of Persia around 546 BC:
Manes (Ancient Greek: Μάνηϛ) [1] is a legendary figure of the 2nd millennium BC who is attested by Herodotus in Book One of Histories to have been an early king of Lydia, [2] then probably known as Maeonia (which he may be the eponym of). He was believed to have been the son of Zeus and Gaia, [3] and was the father of Atys, who succeeded ...