lydian in English

adjective
1
of or relating to the Lydians or their language.
There is clear evidence of a double standard in Schaps' consideration of the Lydian evidence.
noun
1
a native or inhabitant of Lydia.
2
the Anatolian language of the Lydians, of which some inscriptions and other texts have survived in a version of the Greek alphabet.
The simple songs and chants would be based not only on major and minor tonalities, but also on Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian , Mixolydian and Locrian.

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1. (Ionian Mode, Dorian Mode, Phrygian Mode, Lydian Mode, Mixolydian mode, Aeolian mode, Mode Locrio.

2. They were written left-to-right in Caria (apart from the Carian–Lydian city of

3. Croesus was a Lydian King who ruled for 14 years between 560 BC and 546 BC

4. Phiale with lobes, winged sundisks, and Adorsed bull protomes Creator/Culture Anatolian Site/Repository Discovery location: Güre (Aegean Region, Turkey) Repository: Museum of Anatolian Civilizations (Ankara, Central Anatolian Region , Turkey) ID: 75-8-66 Period/Date Lydian Creation date: Lydian Per

5. Advancing to the eastern border of the Lydian Empire in Asia Minor, Cyrus defeated Croesus and captured his capital, Sardis.

6. Arachne definition, a Lydian woman who challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was changed into a spider for her presumption

7. Phiale with lobes, winged sundisks, and Adorsed bull protomes View Title underside of bowl Creator/Culture Anatolian Site/Repository Discovery location: Güre (Aegean Region, Turkey) Repository: Museum of Anatolian Civilizations (Ankara, Central Anatolian Region , Turkey) ID: 75-8-66 Period/Date Lydian Creation date: Lydian Per

8. But Cyrus pursued the Lydian forces, took Croesus by surprise in the plain beside Sardis, defeated him, and captured him in the citadel a

9. Following the priests and priestesses who trailed behind an enormous statue of Dionysos were "Macedonian Bacchants, the so-called 'Mimallones,' and 'Bassarae' and 'Lydian women,' with hair streaming down and crowned with wreaths, some of snakes, others of smilax and vine-leaves and ivy; in their hands some held daggers, others snakes."