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Lycia

noun
1.
An ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor.





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... wintry Lycia and the shore Of Xanthus, to his mother's Delian seat Apollo comes, the dances to restore. Around his shrines Dryopians, sons of Crete, And tattooed Agathyrsians shouting meet. He, on high Cynthus moving, binds around His flowing locks the foliage soft and sweet, ...
— The Aeneid of Virgil - Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor • Virgil
... almighty Son of Cronos, glorious leaders of wealthy men—Minos the ruler, and just Rhadamanthys and noble Sarpedon the blameless and strong. To these did wise Zeus give each a share of his honour. Verily Sarpedon reigned mightily over wide Lycia and ruled very many cities filled with people, wielding the sceptre of Zeus: and great honour followed him, which his father gave him, the great-hearted shepherd of the people. For wise Zeus ordained that he should live for three generations ...
— Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica • Homer and Hesiod


Words linked to "Lycia" :   Anatolia, geographical area, Asia Minor, geographical region, geographic area, geographic region


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