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Lydia González, a bullfighter from the 2002 film Talk to Her; Lydia Gwilt, the femme fatale in Wilkie Collins's novel, Armadale; Lydia Hadley, mother in Ray Bradbury's short story, "The Veldt" Lydia Hillard, in the 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire; Lydia Karenin, a former character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital
Diospolis (Lydia), in Lydia, Anatolia; Diospolis (Pontus), in Pontus, Anatolia; Diospolis, later Byzantine Lydda, now Lod in modern Israel Synod of Diospolis in above Lydda; The first known name of Laodicea on the Lycus in Phrygia, Anatolia
In addition, the story of the "Lydian" origins of the Etruscans was not known to Xanthus of Lydia, an authority on the history of the Lydians. [ 59 ] Later chronologists ignored Herodotus' statement that Agron was the first Heraclid to be a king, and included his immediate forefathers Alcaeus, Belus, and Ninus in their list of kings of Lydia.
The Homeric name for the Lydians was Μαίονες, cited among the allies of the Trojans during the Trojan War, and from this name "Maeonia" and "Maeonians" derive and while these Bronze Age terms have sometimes been used as alternatives for Lydia and the Lydians, nuances have also been brought between them. The first attestation of Lydians ...
De Ostentis (Gr. Περὶ Διοσημείων), on the origin and progress of the art of divination De Magistratibus reipublicae Romanae (Gr. Περὶ ἀρχῶν τῆς Ῥωμαίων πολιτείας ), especially valuable for the administrative details of the time of Justinian; the work is now dated to 550 by Michael Maas.
Hyrcanis or Hyrkaneis, also known as Hyrcania (Ancient Greek: Ὑρκανία), was a Roman and Byzantine-era city [1] and bishopric in ancient Lydia, now in western Turkey. It was situated in the Hyrcanian plain (τὸ Ὑρκάνιον πεδίον), which is said to have derived its name from a colony of Hyrcanians being settled here by the ...
A rare depiction of the legend of Gyges finding the magic ring, Ferrara, 16th century Gyges (/ ˈ dʒ aɪ dʒ iː z /, / ˈ ɡ aɪ dʒ iː z /; Lydian: 𐤨𐤰𐤨𐤠𐤮 Kukas; [1] [2] Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒁹𒄖𒊌𒄖, 𒁹𒄖𒄖 Gugu; [3] Ancient Greek: Γύγης, romanized: Gugēs; Latin: Gygēs; reigned c. 680-644 BC [4] [5]) was the founder of the Mermnad dynasty of Lydian ...
The name Byzantius and Byzantinus were applied from the 9th century to gold Byzantine coinage, reflected in the French besant (d'or), Italian bisante, and English besant, byzant, or bezant. [5] The English usage, derived from Old French besan (pl. besanz ), and relating to the coin, dates from the 12th century.