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finer grain than jasper, and less
splintery than hornstone. It was the
Lydian stone or
touchstone of the ancients. It is
mentioned and its use described...
- The
Lydians (Gr****: Λυδοί;
known as
Sparda to the Achaemenids, Old
Persian cuneiform 𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭) were an
Anatolian people living in Lydia, a
region in western...
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Lydian is an
extinct Indo-European
Anatolian language spoken in the
region of Lydia, in
western Anatolia (now in Turkey). The
language is
attested in graffiti...
-
Sardis (/ˈsɑːrdɪs/ SAR-diss) or
Sardes (/ˈsɑːrdiːs/ SAR-deess;
Lydian: 𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣, romanized: Sfard;
Ancient Gr****: Σάρδεις, romanized: Sárdeis; Old Persian:...
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Alyattes (
Lydian language: 𐤥𐤠𐤩𐤥𐤤𐤯𐤤𐤮 Walweteś;
Ancient Gr****: Ἀλυάττης Aluáttēs;
reigned c. 635 – c. 585 BC),
sometimes described as
Alyattes I...
- 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...
-
contemporary inscriptions in the
Lydian language. In 2019, D. S****eville and K.
Euler published a
research of
Lydian coins apparently minted during his...
- romanized: lábrys) is,
according to
Plutarch (Quaestiones
Graecae 2.302a), the
Lydian word for the double-bitted axe. In Gr**** it was
called πέλεκυς (pélekys)...
- The name "Goliath"
itself is non-Semitic and has been
linked with the
Lydian king Alyattes,
which also fits the
Philistine context of the
biblical Goliath...
- AD) [unclassified] Proto-Palaic
Palaic (16th–15th
century BC) Proto-
Lydian Lydian (8th–3rd
century BC) Proto-Hittite (c. 2100 BC) Kanišite
Hittite (c...
