lydian

Speech parts

1. lydian - Noun

2. lydian - Adjective

3. Lydian - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

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According to Herodotus and Plutarch, he met with Croesus and gave the Lydian king advice, which however Croesus failed to appreciate until it was too late. Source: Internet

Apart from these Creto-Greek attributions, Günther Neumann has suggested that Athena’s name is possibly of Lydian origin; Günther Neumann, “Der lydische Name der Athena. Source: Internet

Campaigners, as well as a British MP, have the role of the UK Foreign Office in supporting Lydian International in its dispute with the Armenian government. Source: Internet

Gyges was the son of Dascylus, who, when recalled from banishment in Cappadocia by the Lydian king Myrsilos—called Candaules "the Dog-strangler" (a title of the Lydian Hermes) by the Greeks—sent his son back to Lydia instead of himself. Source: Internet

Mimnermus laments the degeneracy of the citizens of his day, who could no longer stem the Lydian advance. Source: Internet

Barbarian Cimmerians sacked many Lydian cities, except for Sardis. Source: Internet

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