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Definition of Lydians

Lydian
Lydian Lyd"i*an, a. [L. Lydius, fr. Lydia, Gr. ?.] Of or pertaining to Lydia, a country of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants; hence, soft; effeminate; -- said especially of one of the ancient Greek modes or keys, the music in which was of a soft, pathetic, or voluptuous character. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. --Dryden. Lydian stone, a flint slate used by the ancients to try gold and silver; a touchstone. See Basanite.

Meaning of Lydians from wikipedia

- the knowledge on Lydians largely rely on the impressed but mixed accounts of ancient Gr**** writers. The Homeric name for the Lydians was Μαίονες, cited...
- not impossible that the Lydians might have subjected Lycia, given that the Lycian coast would have been important for the Lydians because it was close to...
- Look up Lydian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lydian may refer to: Lydians, an ancient people of Anatolia Lydian language, an ancient Anatolian language...
- The modern Lydian mode is a seven-tone musical scale formed from a rising pattern of pitches comprising three whole tones, a semitone, two more whole tones...
- John the Lydian or John Lydus (Gr****: Ἰωάννης Λαυρέντιος ὁ Λυδός; Latin: Ioannes Laurentius Lydus) (ca. AD 490 – ca. 565) was a Byzantine administrator...
- "double-axe" is not found in any surviving Lydian inscription, but on the subject, Plutarch states that "the Lydians call the axe labrys" (Λυδοὶ γὰρ ‘λάβρυν’...
- to the Lydians' "****enophile attitude" commented on by contemporary Gr**** writers. While those Gr**** authors were in turn impressed by Lydians' music...
- (Supplementary Multilingual Plane). The Unicode block for Lydian is U+10920–U+1093F: Lydian language Lydia Lydians Runes Himelfarb, Elizabeth J. "First Alphabet Found...
- while the Lydians, who only gained access to the Aegean Sea with the capture of Priene under Gyges, did not. On the other hand, the Lydians are renowned...
- Lydian is a calligraphic humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Warren Chappell for American Type Founders in 1938. It is available in bold, italic,...