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People of Lycia
accounts of the Lycians. Strabo distinguished "Trojan Lycians" from the Termilae mentioned by Herodotus. Cicero stated flatly that the Lycians were a Greek
Lycians
Ancient geopolitical region of Anatolia (Turkey)
interprets Herodotus' "those Lycians who now say that they are Xanthians" to mean that Xanthos was repopulated by other Lycians (and not by Iranians or other
Lycia
Long-distance trail in Turkey
and formed the Lycian League. Thanks to their strategic location, they had best opportunities for sea trade and even piracy. The Lycians developed their
Lycian_Way
Ancient Indo-European language
instead of the intended characters. The Lycian language (𐊗𐊕𐊐𐊎𐊆𐊍𐊆 Trm̃mili) was the language of the ancient Lycians who occupied the Anatolian region
Lycian_language
Topics referred to by the same term
Greek statuary Lycian Way, a hiking trail in southwestern Turkey Lycian Way Ultramarathon, an annual ultra-marathon in Lycian Way Lycians, people who lived
Lycian
Alphabet used to write the Lycian language
. Translator Chris Markham. Bryce, Trevor R. (1986). The Lycians - Volume I: The Lycians in Literary and Epigraphic Sources. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum
Lycian_alphabet
Ancient Greek myth
of Lycia, a historical region in southwestern Asia Minor. The impious Lycians refuse to exercise the due hospitality, the ritualized guest-friendship
Lycian_peasants
Ancient Lycian city in southwest Turkey
small Lycian army in the flatlands to the north of the city in c. 540 BC. The Lycians retreated into the city, which Harpagus then besieged. The Lycians destroyed
Xanthos
Ancient Lycian inscription in Anatolia
Fouilles de Xanthos. VI: 51–128. Bryce, Trevor R. (1986). The Lycians - Volume I: The Lycians in Literary and Epigraphic Sources. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum
Letoon_trilingual
Extinct branch of Indo-European languages
the Lycian alphabet, which the Lycians modified from the Greek alphabet. In addition to the inscriptions are 200 or more coins stamped with Lycian names
Anatolian_languages
Mountainside tomb in Fethiye, Aegean Turkey
Hermagios". The tomb was built by the Lycians, the people who lived in this satrapy of the Persian Empire at the time. The Lycians were a tightly knit confederation
Tomb_of_Amyntas
Ancient Lycian inscription in Anatolia
Keen, Antony G. (1998). Dynastic Lycia: A Political of History of the Lycians and Their Relations with Foreign Powers : C. 545-362 B.C. BRILL. p. 130
Xanthian_Obelisk
Country in Southeastern Europe and West Asia
and Phrygia fell in seventh century BC. They were replaced by Carians, Lycians and Lydians. These three cultures "can be considered a reassertion of the
Turkey
Tomb in Turkey
But the Lycians had a distinct culture of their own, and their religious and funerary rites can be distinguished from the Greek. The Lycian language
Harpy_Tomb
went over there he named the people Lycians after himself. Now this account represents the Solymi and the Lycians as the same people, but the poet makes
List of ancient Anatolian peoples
List_of_ancient_Anatolian_peoples
Extinct ancient Anatolian language
Xanthian stele (or Xanthian Obelisk, found at Xanthos (which was known to the Lycians as Arñna), and another, shorter, inscription (nine lines) on a sarcophagus
Milyan_language
5th-century BC Phoenician royal coffin
The Lycian sarcophagus of Sidon is a sarcophagus discovered in the Royal necropolis of Ayaa near Sidon, Lebanon. It is made of Parian marble, and resembles
Lycian_sarcophagus_of_Sidon
Ancient town in Lycia
city in Lycia in what is today Turkey. The city was probably founded by Lycians, and was located on the river Myros (Ancient Greek: Μύρος; Turkish: Demre
Myra
Lycian settlement on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey
Patara (Turkish: Patara, Lycian: 𐊓𐊗𐊗𐊀𐊕𐊀, Pttara; Greek: Πάταρα) was an ancient and flourishing maritime and commercial city that was for a period
Patara_(Lycia)
Beach in Turkey
Patara Beach is a beach located near the ancient Lycian city of Patara in Turkey, on the coast of the Turkish Riviera. "Guide to Patara Beach in Kaş".
Patara_Beach
Ancient Greek city in Anatolia
Greek name is on a 4th-century-BCE inscription. Initially settled by the Lycians, the city was occupied by the Persians during the 6th century BCE. It rose
Antiphellus
District and municipality in Antalya, Turkey
seems Kaş was founded by the Lycians, and its name in Lycian language was Habesos or Habesa. It was a member of the Lycian League, and its importance during
Kaş
legs'. The triskelion is an ancient symbol, used by the Mycenaeans and the Lycians. Until 1265, the Isle of Man formed part of the Kingdom of the Isles, ruled
Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man
Ancient Anatolian region
Mediterranean in the 12th century BC. Ancient regions of Anatolia Arzawa Assuwa Lycians Madduwatta Bryce, Trevor. (1999). The Kingdom of the Hittites, p. 33-54
Lukka_lands
Ancient city in Turkey
Patara, Myra/Andriake and Phaselis in the Lycian Region. Olympus was also one of the six cities of the Lycian League that held three votes. Although the
Olympus_(Lycia)
Tomb originally in Xanthos, present-day Turkey; now in the British Museum
Halicarnassus. Xanthos, also called Xanthus, was a chief city state of the Lycians, an indigenous people of southwestern Anatolia (present-day Turkey). Many
Nereid_Monument
Unicode character block
instead of the intended characters. Lycian is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the ancient Lycian language in Anatolia. The following
Lycian_(Unicode_block)
Ancient inhabitants of south-western Asia-Minor
second millennium BC. Caria Carian language Carian script Mysians Lydians Lycians Some versions refer to "captains", others to "the Carites" or "the Carians"
Carians
Ancient Indo-European group of people
century BC. Later in the Iron Age, Anatolian languages were spoken by the Lycians, Lydians, Carians, Pisidians and others. These languages were mostly extinct
Anatolian_peoples
Satrap of Caria from 377 BCE to 353 BCE
ISBN 0415320895. Herodotus. Historia. 1.176. Bryce, Trevor R. (1986). The Lycians. Vol. I: The Lycians in Literary and Epigraphic Sources. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum
Mausolus
District and municipality in Antalya, Turkey
of Culture and Tourism. Retrieved 2026-04-04. Bryce, Trevor (1986). The Lycians in Literary and Epigraphic Sources. Domingo, Rafael (2010). The New Global
Demre
Greek and Roman city on the coast of ancient Lycia
Keen, Antony G. (2018-07-17). Dynastic Lycia: A Political History of the Lycians and their Relations with foreign Powers, c. 545-362 B.C. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-35152-3
Phaselis
District of Muğla Province, Turkey
chain of civilizations that existed in the area, starting with the ancient Lycians. Some of the historical sites worth visiting are: Kadyanda (Cadyanda) ancient
Fethiye
Greek mythical character
'glimmering') was a captain in the Lycian army under the command of his close friend and cousin Sarpedon. The Lycians in the Trojan War were allies of Troy
Glaucus_(son_of_Hippolochus)
Ancient Carian-Greek city
tears. Herodotus differentiates the Kaunians from both the Carians and the Lycians, considering them indigenous people, although the Kaunians themselves claimed
Kaunos
Mountain in Turkey
Tahtalı Dağı, also known as Lycian Olympus, is a mountain near Kemer, a seaside resort on the Turkish Riviera in Antalya Province, Turkey. It was known
Tahtalı_Dağı
1004 Foss & Mitchell 2000, p. 1005. Bryce, Trevor (1986). The Lycians. Vol. 1, The Lycians in literary and epigraphic sources. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum
List_of_Lycian_place_names
Running race
Start Finish Lycian Way Ultramarathon (Turkish: Likya Yolu Ultramaratonu, shortly LYUM) is an international multiday trail running ultramarathon event
Lycian_Way_Ultramarathon
Full-size statue of Apollo type
type's similarity to Praxiteles's Hermes from Olympia – one replica of the Lycian Apollo even passed as a copy of the Hermes for a time. The comparison essentially
Lyceus
Structures and sculptures cut into solid rock
dedicated to the famous Phrygian king Midas. In the 5th century BCE, the Lycians, who inhabited southern Anatolia (now Turkey) built hundreds of rock-cut
Rock-cut_architecture
Species of amphibian
Lyciasalamandra helverseni, the Karpathos salamander, is a viviparous species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found only in Greece. Its natural
Lyciasalamandra_helverseni
Peninsula of Turkey in Western Asia
and Phrygia fell in seventh century BC. They were replaced by Carians, Lycians and Lydians. These three cultures "can be considered a reassertion of the
Anatolia
Ancient city in Lycia
Telmessos or Telmessus (Hittite: 𒆳𒌷𒆪𒉿𒆷𒉺𒀸𒊭, romanized: Kuwalapašša; Lycian: 𐊗𐊁𐊍𐊁𐊂𐊁𐊛𐊆, romanized: Telebehi; Ancient Greek: Τελμησσός), also
Telmessos
Lycian ruins in Turkey
Tlos (Lycian: 𐊗𐊍𐊀𐊇𐊀 Tlawa, Hittite: 𒁕𒆷𒉿 Dalawa, Ancient Greek: Τλώς or Τλῶς) was an ancient Lycian city near the modern town of Seydikemer in the
Tlos
Species of amphibian
Lyciasalamandra atifi, or Atif's salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found only in Turkey. Its natural habitats are temperate
Lyciasalamandra_atifi
Ethnic Greeks native to Asia Minor
The terms Asia Minor Greeks, Anatolian Greeks or Mikrasiates (Greek: Μικρασιάτες, romanized: Mikrasiates), refer to the Greek populations who lived in
Asia_Minor_Greeks
4th-century BC dynast of Lycia
Institutions of Ancient Iran (2004), p. 300 Trevor Bryce, Jan Zahle, The Lycians: The Lycians in literary and epigraphic sources (1986), p. 162 CNG: DYNASTS of
Mithrapata
Todhri (Unicode block) Vithkuqi (Unicode block) Carian (Unicode block) Lycian (Unicode block) Lydian (Unicode block) Linear A (Unicode block) Linear B
List_of_Unicode_characters
Script used to write the Greek language
2022-05-22 at the Wayback Machine. Britannica – Lycian Alphabet Archived 2024-07-10 at the Wayback Machine "The Lycian alphabet is clearly related to the Greek
Greek_alphabet
Neighbourhood in Fethiye, Muğla, Turkey
multiday trail running ultramarathon, called Lycian Way Ultramarathon, is held on the historical Lycian Way. The event runs eastward on a route of around
Ölüdeniz
Human settlement
Kandyba or Candyba (Hittite: 𒄭𒅔𒁺𒉿 Hinduwa, Lycian: 𐊜𐊙𐊋𐊂𐊆 Xãkbi, Ancient Greek: Κάνδυβα, Latin: Candyba) was a settlement in ancient Lycia, in
Kandyba
Lycian sanctuary settlement on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey
whose cult was located with Letoon. The Letoids were designated as the Lycians' national gods. The sanctity of the site is the purport of an anecdote
Letoon
Tomb complex in Turkey
Xanthos, also called Xanthus, was a chief city state of the Lycians, an indigenous people of southwestern Anatolia (present-day Turkey). Many of the tombs
Tombs_at_Xanthos
Ancient Iranian empire, 550–330 BC
Mycians, Phoenicians, Judeans, Egyptians, Cyprians, Cilicians, Pamphylians, Lycians, Dorians of Asia, Carians, Ionians, Aegean islanders, Aeolians, Greeks
Achaemenid_Empire
Large ancient city of Lycia
ancient city, he says, rises a singular round rocky cliff (the pinara of the Lycians), literally speckled all over with tombs. Beneath this cliff lie the ruins
Pinara
Species of amphibian
Lyciasalamandra billae, the bay Lycian salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found only in Turkey. Its natural habitats are
Lyciasalamandra_billae
List of twelve major deities in the pantheon of Ancient Rome
individualizing features. The Roman Empire period group is a possible reflex of the Lycians' twelve gods: By 400 BCE, a precinct dedicated to twelve gods existed at
Dii_Consentes
District and municipality in Muğla, Turkey
the Lycians called themselves Trmili, a theory connects the name of Mylasa with the passage of the Lycians from Miletus, also claimed to be a Lycian foundation
Milas
Stone coffin
rectangular frame, often covered with a white slip and then painted. The huge Lycian Tomb of Payava, now in the British Museum, is a royal tomb monument of about
Sarcophagus
Greek goddess and mother of Apollo and Artemis
sources Leto is traditionally derived from Lycian lada, "wife", as her earliest cult was centered in Lycia. Lycian lada may also be the origin of the Greek
Leto
Alphabets in use in Iron Age Anatolia
Greek alphabet in form, but have different values. The Lycian script, an alphabet recording the Lycian language from the 5th to 4th centuries BCE. The Sidetic
Alphabets_of_Anatolia
Species of amphibian
Luschan's salamander or Lycian salamander (Lyciasalamandra luschani) is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. It is found in the southwestern
Luschan's_salamander
Church in Jerusalem
For example, Hebrews 13:12. An exception in the Classical World were the Lycians of Anatolia. There are also the Egyptian mortuary-temples, where the object
Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre
Species of amphibian
Lyciasalamandra antalyana, the Anatolia Lycian salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found only in Turkey. Its natural habitats
Lyciasalamandra_antalyana
Ruler of Byblos (c. 1750–1700 BCE)
Lukka have been proposed as "Lycians"). Kings of Byblos Albright, William F. (1959). "Dunand's New Byblos Volume: A Lycian at the Byblian Court". Bulletin
Abishemu_of_Byblos
Town of ancient Lycia
earliest evidence for the settlement of the region by the Lycians. The city was a member of the Lycian League, during a period when it controlled lands in the
Phellus
Walking as a hobby, sport, or leisure activity
with over 9,656 km (6,000 miles) of trails. In southwestern Turkey the Lycian Way is a marked long-distance trail around part of the coast of ancient
Hiking
Region of Turkiye
Cruise Ancient sites of Simena (Kaleköy) Lycian tombs in Simena A street in Kaş with traditional houses and a Lycian tomb in the background Moonlight Beach
Turkish_Riviera
Figure in Greek mythology
Europa's brother Cilix, who was at war with the Lycians. Cilix won the war, and Sarpedon became king of the Lycians. According to the fourth-century BC historian
Sarpedon_(Trojan_War_hero)
Ancient Mediterranean peoples
Ekwesh with the Achaeans, the Denyen with the Danaans, the Lukka with the Lycians, the Shekelesh with the Sicels, the Sherden with the Sardinians, etc. They
Peleset
Late 5th-century BC Lycian dynast
of the previous Lycian king Kheriga. On his inscriptions, Erbinas is described as a tyrannos, and "the man who rules over the Lycians". It seems the Lycia
Arbinas
Satrap of Caria from 340 to 334 BC
Pixodarus or Pixodaros (Lycian 𐊓𐊆𐊜𐊁𐊅𐊀𐊕𐊀 Pixedara, Greek Πιξώδαρoς; ruled 340–334 BC), was a satrap of Caria, nominally the Achaemenid Empire Satrap
Pixodarus
Tomb cut into natural rock
Etruria, Italy (500 BCE). Tomb of Darius I (Naqsh-e Rostam (480 BCE). Lycian rock-cut tombs (4th century BCE). Petra, Jordan (100 CE). A kukh (plural:
Rock-cut_tomb
Multiple Greek mythological figures
Harpalyce, who, however, was taken from him by her father Clymenus. Alastor, a Lycian warrior who was a companion of Sarpedon. He fought in the Trojan War and
Alastor
Pharaoh of Egypt from 1279 to 1213 BC
also defeated the Lukka (L'kkw, possibly the people later known as the Lycians), and the Šqrsšw (Shekelesh) peoples. The immediate antecedents to the
Ramesses_II
American actor and musician (1950–2017)
Group. Retrieved February 21, 2017. "Time to scream! David Cassidy comes to Lycian Centre". Times Herald-Record. October 21, 2011. Archived from the original
David_Cassidy
Legendary war in Greek mythology
Paionian archers, Halizones, Mysians, Phrygians, Maeonians, Miletians, Lycians led by Sarpedon and Carians. Nothing is said of the Trojan language; the
Trojan_War
Female warriors and hunters in Greek mythology
Herodotus also observed rather unusual customs among the Lycians of southwest Asia Minor. The Lycians followed matrilineal rules of descent, virtue, and status;
Amazons
Ancient Greek god
locality. Lycia was sacred to the god, for this Apollo was also called Lycian. Apollo's cult was already fully established when written sources commenced
Apollo
Ancient city
later related that the people of Zeleia are "Lycians", though the Zeleians are distinct from the Lycians who come from Lycia in southwestern Asia Minor
Zeleia
People in Greek mythology
all of them Dardanians. There is some debate that the same goes for the Lycians. Homer in the Iliad carefully distinguishes the Dardanoi from the Trojans
Dardanians_(Trojan)
(Glaucus) from Greek mythology. In Homer's Iliad, he was captain in the Lycian army during the Trojan War and was killed by Ajax MPC · 1870 1871 Astyanax
Meanings of minor-planet names: 1001–2000
Meanings_of_minor-planet_names:_1001–2000
Ancient Indo-European language
first mentioned in Hittite sources. Carian is closely related to Lycian and Milyan (Lycian B), and both are closely related to, though not direct descendants
Carian_language
Lycian sarcophagus in the British Museum
The Tomb of Payava is a Lycian tall rectangular free-standing barrel-vaulted stone sarcophagus, and one of the most famous tombs of Xanthos. It was built
Tomb_of_Payava
National museum in London, England
original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2007. Beyond the new Lycian room is the READING ROOM: [...]; circular structure; original suggestion
British_Museum
Writing system
Fraser 1915 Saanich 1978 Osage 2006 Runic 2nd century Ogham 4th century Lycian 5th c. BCE Coptic 3rd century Gothic 3rd century Armenian 405 Caucasian
Cyrillic_script
Ancient Lycian town
including Lycian tombs of the 4th century BCE, can be found. The site is part of the tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site called 'Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilisation'
Istlada
Ruler of Lycia from 520 BC to 480 BC
with cuirasses, felt caps with feathers, and capes made of goat-skin. The Lycians furnished fifty ships; they wore cuirasses and greaves, carrying bows of
Kybernis
Persian Satrap of Lydia and Ionia (445–395 BC)
Tissaphernes (Old Persian: *Ciçafarnāʰ; Ancient Greek: Τισσαφέρνης; Lycian: 𐊋𐊆𐊈𐊈𐊀𐊓𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀 Kizzaprñna, 𐊈𐊆𐊖𐊀𐊓𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀 Zisaprñna; 445 – 395 BC)
Tissaphernes
Ancient city in Lycia
a single vote in the Lycian League during the Roman period. A Lycian town named Edebessus (Ἐδεβησσός) is mentioned by the Lycian Capito in his Isaurica
Idebessos
Region of the Middle East
Kassite Luwic Carian Carian Script Kalasmaic Luwian Anatolian Hieroglyphs Lycian Lycian Script Milyan Pisidian Sidetic Lydian Lydian Script Median Mysian Palaic
Fertile_Crescent
Species of amphibian
Lyciasalamandra fazilae, or Fazila's salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found only in Turkey. Its natural habitats are
Lyciasalamandra_fazilae
Town in ancient Lycia
Amelas is in doubt. Plin. v. 28. Trevor Bryce, Jan Zahle (1986). The Lycians: The Lycians in literary and epigraphic sources. Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 229
Amelas
Hittite goddess of gardens
Hurrian deities. It is assumed that a similarly named goddess attested in Lycian texts from the first millennium BCE corresponds to earlier Hittite Maliya
Maliya
Place in ancient Lycia, Anatolia
the permanent gas vents in Mount Chimaera, in the country of the ancient Lycian city of Phaselis, which he described as being "on fire", adding that it
Mount_Chimaera
District and municipality in Aydın, Turkey
and then Mycenae in the 16th century BC and subsequently possessed by Lycians, Persians, Seleucids, Attalids, Ancient Romans, and Byzantines as part
Didim
Extinct Anatolian language
from the first to second centuries AD, it appears to be closely related to Lycian, Milyan, and Sidetic. Pisidian is known from about fifty funeral inscriptions
Pisidian_language
Alphabet of the Hebrew language
Fraser 1915 Saanich 1978 Osage 2006 Runic 2nd century Ogham 4th century Lycian 5th c. BCE Coptic 3rd century Gothic 3rd century Armenian 405 Caucasian
Hebrew_alphabet
Tracing of kinship through the female line
Robert Graves in his translations of Greek myths as attesting that the Lycians of their times "still reckoned" by matrilineal descent, or were matrilineal
Matrilineality
Mythical or fictional creature with parts taken from various animals
an area of permanent gas vents that still may be found by hikers on the Lycian Way in southwest Turkey. Called in Turkish, Yanartaş (flaming rock), the
Chimera_(mythology)
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