1. Lycia - Noun
2. Lycia - Proper noun
an ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor
Source: WordNetConcluding that this person was the conqueror of Lycia in 546, Fellows conjectured that Harpagos had been made permanent satrap of Lycia for his services; moreover, the position was hereditary, creating a Harpagid Dynasty. Source: Internet
Complete assimilation to Greek occurred in the 4th century, after Lycia had come under Alexander the Great and his fellow Macedonians. Source: Internet
Dorling Kindersley: London, 2000, p. 179. It had apparently come under Seleucid control by 190 BC, when the Seleucids' defeat in the Battle of Magnesia resulted in Lycia being awarded to Rhodes in the Peace of Apamea in 188 BC. Source: Internet
An Iranian family, however, producing some other Harpagids, did live in Lycia and was of sufficient rank to marry the king's daughter. Source: Internet
Another sanctuary, more recently identified, was at Oenoanda in the north of Lycia. Source: Internet
Due to the influx of Greek speakers and the sparsity of the remaining Lycian speakers, Lycia was totally Hellenized under the Macedonians. Source: Internet