Not to be confused with Lydians, another Anatolian people.
A Lycian warrior, fresco from Kizilbel, Lycia, c. 525 BCE
The Lycian Payava as depicted on his tomb. The Lycian inscription runs: "Payava, son of Ad[...], secretary of A[...]rah, by race a Lycian...". 375–360BCE.
Lycians (Greek: Λύκιοι, romanized: Lúkioi) is the name of various peoples who lived, at different times, in Lycia, a geopolitical area in Anatolia (also known as Asia Minor).
accounts of the Lycians. Strabo distinguished "Trojan Lycians" from the Termilae mentioned by Herodotus. Cicero stated flatly that the Lycians were a Greek...
Greek statuary; Lycian Way, a hiking trail in southwestern Turkey; Lycian Way Ultramarathon, an annual ultra-marathon in Lycian Way ; Lycians, people who...
interprets Herodotus' "those Lycians who now say that they are Xanthians" to mean that Xanthos was repopulated by other Lycians (and not by Iranians or other...
instead of the intended characters. The Lycian language (𐊗𐊕𐊐𐊎𐊆𐊍𐊆 Trm̃mili) was the language of the ancient Lycians who occupied the Anatolian region...
mixed settlement of Greeks and local Lycians. Stephanos of Byzantium recounts a story of how an elderly Lycian woman named Syessa received and entertained...
. Translator Chris Markham. Bryce, Trevor R. (1986). The Lycians - Volume I: The Lycians in Literary and Epigraphic Sources. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum...
in the region testify to the ancient Lycian civilization. The Lycian Way, parts of which were used by the Lycians as routes between their cities and ports...
Xanthian stele (or Xanthian Obelisk, found at Xanthos (which was known to the Lycians as Arñna), and another, shorter, inscription (nine lines) on a sarcophagus...
The Lycian sarcophagus of Sidon is a sarcophagus discovered in the Royal necropolis of Ayaa near Sidon, Lebanon. It is made of Parian marble, and resembles...
small Lycian army in the flatlands to the north of the city in c. 540 BC. The Lycians retreated into the city, which Harpagus then besieged. The Lycians destroyed...
Hermagios". The tomb was built by the Lycians, the people who lived in this satrapy of the Persian Empire at the time. The Lycians were a tightly knit confederation...
Mediterranean in the 12th century BC. Ancient regions of Anatolia Arzawa Assuwa Lycians Madduwatta Trevor Bryce (2005) The Kingdom of the Hittites, p. 54 Ilya...
the Lycian alphabet, which the Lycians modified from the Greek alphabet. In addition to the inscriptions are 200 or more coins stamped with Lycian names...
Start Finish Lycian Way Ultramarathon (Turkish: Likya Yolu Ultramaratonu, shortly LYUM) is an international multiday trail running ultramarathon event...
Cimmerians attacked, Phrygia fell around 650 BC. They were replaced by Carians, Lycians and Lydians. These three cultures "can be considered a reassertion of the...
century by Lycians. The present-day church was constructed mainly from the 8th century onward for the city's Byzantine Lycian inhabitants; a Lycian Orthodox[citation...
But the Lycians had a distinct culture of their own, and their religious and funerary rites can be distinguished from the Greek. The Lycian language...
1004 Foss & Mitchell 2000, p. 1005. Bryce, Trevor (1986). The Lycians. Vol. 1, The Lycians in literary and epigraphic sources. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum...
chain of civilizations that existed in the area, starting with the ancient Lycians. Some of the historical sites worth visiting are: Kadyanda (Cadyanda) ancient...
type's similarity to Praxiteles's Hermes from Olympia - one replica of the Lycian Apollo even passed as a copy of the Hermes for a time. The comparison essentially...
Fouilles de Xanthos. VI: 51–128. Bryce, Trevor R. (1986). The Lycians - Volume I: The Lycians in Literary and Epigraphic Sources. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum...
Patara Beach is a beach located near the ancient Lycian city of Patara in Turkey, on the coast of the Turkish Riviera. "Guide to Patara Beach in Kaş"....
century BC. Later in the Iron Age, Anatolian languages were spoken by the Lycians, Lydians, Carians, Pisidians and others. These languages were mostly extinct...
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