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Messapian may
refer to:
Messapians, an
Iapygian tribe which inhabited Apulia in
classical antiquity Messapian language,
spoken by the
Iapygian tribes...
- The
Messapians were an
Iapygian tribe who
inhabited Salento in
classical antiquity. Two
other Iapygian tribes, the
Peucetians and the Daunians, inhabited...
- In Gr**** and
Roman mythology, the
Messapian shepherds (Ancient Gr****: Μεσσάπιοι) are the flock-tending
inhabitants of
Messapia (southern Apulia), an ancient...
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Messapian pottery is a type of
Messapian ceramic,
produced between the 7th
century BC
until the 3rd
century BC on the
Italian region of
southern Apulia...
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Messapic (/mɛˈsæpɪk, mə-, -ˈseɪ-/; also
known as
Messapian; or as Iapygian) is an
extinct Indo-European Paleo-Balkanic
language of the
southeastern Italian...
- Zis (Messapic: 𐌆𐌉𐌔) is a sky and
lightning god in
Messapian religion,
occupying the most
prominent role. The
theonym is the
equivalent and cognate...
- The sky
often has
important religious significance. Many
polytheistic religions have
deities ****ociated with the sky. The
daytime sky
deities are typically...
- Neapolitan),
spoken in the
regions of
Apulia and Basilicata.
Influences include Messapian, Oscan, Gr****, Old French, Franco-Provençal and Spanish,
creating one...
- colonies, was
Messapian,
known from some 260
inscriptions dating from the 6th and 5th
centuries BC.
There is a
historical connection of
Messapian with the...
- They were
divided into
three tribal groups: the Daunians,
Peucetians and
Messapians. They
spoke Messapic, a
language of Paleo-Balkan provenance.
After their...
