the knowledge on Lydians largely rely on the impressed but mixed accounts of ancient Greek writers. The Homeric name for the Lydians was Μαίονες, cited...
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Lydia (redirect from Lydian Empire)
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...
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Look up Lydian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lydian may refer to: Lydians, an ancient people of Anatolia Lydian language, an ancient Anatolian language...
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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...
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"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’...
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(Supplementary Multilingual Plane). The Unicode block for Lydian is U+10920–U+1093F: Lydian language Lydia Lydians Runes Himelfarb, Elizabeth J. "First Alphabet Found...
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Sardis (category Articles containing Lydian-language text)
to the Lydians' "Hellenophile attitude" commented on by contemporary Greek writers. While those Greek authors were in turn impressed by Lydians' music...
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John the Lydian or John Lydus (Greek: Ἰωάννης Λαυρέντιος ὁ Λυδός; Latin: Ioannes Laurentius Lydus) (ca. AD 490 – ca. 565) was a Byzantine administrator...
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Lydian is a calligraphic humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Warren Chappell for American Type Founders in 1938. It is available in bold, italic,...
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In music, the Lydian augmented scale (Lydian ♯5 scale) is the third mode of the ascending melodic minor scale. Starting on C, the notes would be as follows:...
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Lydian International Limited is a multinational corporation with gold mining interests in Armenia and Georgia. Founded in 2005 the company is registered...
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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...
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Lydian Nadhaswaram (born 5 September 2005) is an Indian musician from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. In 2019, he appeared on The World's Best on CBS and won, earning...
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In jazz music, the lydian chord is the major 7♯11 chord, or ♯11 chord, the chord built on the first degree of the Lydian mode, the sharp eleventh being...
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The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization is a 1953 jazz music theory book written by George Russell. The book is the founding text of the Lydian...
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List of kings of Lydia (redirect from Lydian Kings)
Herodotus says the people were called Maeonians before they became known as Lydians. Herodotus and other sources refer to three dynasties: the Maeoniae, Heracleidae...
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Acoustic scale (redirect from Lydian dominant scale)
In music, the acoustic scale, overtone scale, Lydian dominant scale (Lydian ♭7 scale), or the Mixolydian ♯4 scale is a seven-note synthetic scale. It...
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A Lydian cadence is a type of half cadence that was popular in the Ars nova style of the 14th and early 15th century. It is so-called because it evokes...
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The Lydian religion refers to the mythology, ritual practices and beliefs of the Lydians, an ancient people of Iron Age Anatolia. Based on limited evidence...
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the king, but the identity of the Lydian king is unclear. Siege of Sardis (546 BC) Including Babylonians, Lydians, Phrygians, Cappadocians, and nations...
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the Lydians and the Medes, and continued for five years, with various success. In the course of it the Medes gained many victories over the Lydians, and...
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partly consisted of Lydians. An important evidence of the Carians' own belief in their blood ties and cultural affinity with the Lydians and Mysians is the...
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Croesus (category Articles containing Lydian-language text)
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...
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Jasper (redirect from Lydian stone)
finer grain than jasper, and less splintery than hornstone. It was the Lydian stone or touchstone of the ancients. It is mentioned and its use described...
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of gold in electrum used in ancient Lydian coinage of the same geographical area. This suggests that the Lydians had already solved the refining technology...
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Alyattes (category Articles containing Lydian-language text)
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...
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Pythius (redirect from Pythius the Lydian)
Pythius (Ancient Greek: Πύθιος) is a Lydian mentioned in book VII of Herodotus' Histories, chh. 27-29 and 38-39. He is the son of Atys, and the grandson...
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Mode (music) (section Lydian (IV))
Aristoxenian tradition were: Mixolydian: hypate hypaton–paramese (b–b′) Lydian: parhypate hypaton–trite diezeugmenon (c′–c″) Phrygian: lichanos hypaton–paranete...
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Karun Treasure (redirect from Lydian Hoard)
pauper's home. Nezih Başgelen. "The rich kings of the thousand hills, Lydians" (PDF). serfed.com. Turkish Ceramic Federation. Archived from the original...
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Gyges of Lydia (category Articles containing Lydian-language text)
identified with Gyges, king of the Lydians. Gu(g)gu and Gugēs are respectively the Akkadian and Greek forms of the Lydian name Kukas (𐤨𐤰𐤨𐤠𐤮), which means...
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