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The Lycians were the ancient inhabitants of Lycia
Lycia

Lycia was a region in Anatolia in what are now the Provinces of Turkey of Antalya Province and Mugla Province on the southern coast of Turkey. It was a federation of ancient cities in the region and later a Roman province of the Roman Empire....
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rding to Herodotus
Herodotus

Herodotus of Halicarnassus was a Greeks historian who lived in the 5th century BC and is regarded as the "Father of History" in Western culture....
, the Lycians originally came from Crete
Crete

Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the List of islands in the Mediterranean largest island in the Mediterranean Sea at 8,336 km? ....
 and were the followers of Sarpedon
Sarpedon

In Greek mythology, Sarpedon referred to at least three different people....
. They were expelled by Minos
Minos

In Greek mythology, Minos was a mythical king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa . After his death, Minos became a judge of the dead in Greek Underworld....
 and ultimately settled in territories belonging to the Solymoi (or Milyans) of Milyas in Asia Minor. The Lycians were originally known as Termilae before being named after Lycus
Lycus

Lycus or Lykos...
 who was the son of Pandion
Pandion

Pandion can have several meanings.*Pandion I and Pandion II, two kings of Athens in Greek mythology*Pandion , genus of birds of prey with a single member: the Osprey ...
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The Lycians were the ancient inhabitants of Lycia
Lycia

Lycia was a region in Anatolia in what are now the Provinces of Turkey of Antalya Province and Mugla Province on the southern coast of Turkey. It was a federation of ancient cities in the region and later a Roman province of the Roman Empire....
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Historical accounts

According to Herodotus
Herodotus

Herodotus of Halicarnassus was a Greeks historian who lived in the 5th century BC and is regarded as the "Father of History" in Western culture....
, the Lycians originally came from Crete
Crete

Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the List of islands in the Mediterranean largest island in the Mediterranean Sea at 8,336 km? ....
 and were the followers of Sarpedon
Sarpedon

In Greek mythology, Sarpedon referred to at least three different people....
. They were expelled by Minos
Minos

In Greek mythology, Minos was a mythical king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa . After his death, Minos became a judge of the dead in Greek Underworld....
 and ultimately settled in territories belonging to the Solymoi (or Milyans) of Milyas in Asia Minor. The Lycians were originally known as Termilae before being named after Lycus
Lycus

Lycus or Lykos...
 who was the son of Pandion
Pandion

Pandion can have several meanings.*Pandion I and Pandion II, two kings of Athens in Greek mythology*Pandion , genus of birds of prey with a single member: the Osprey ...
. Their customs are partly from Crete and partly from Caria
Caria

Caria was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid-Ionia south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Ionians and Dorians Greeks colonized the west of it and joined the Carian population in forming Greek-dominated states there....
. Herodotus mentions a particular custom where the Lycians name themselves after their mothers instead of their fathers. Strabo
Strabo

Strabo was a Ancient Greeks history, geography and philosophy....
, on the other hand, mentions "Trojan
Trojan

Trojan originally referred to a citizen of the city of Troy made legendary by the Trojan War .Trojan may also refer to:Language...
 Lycians" and suspects them to be different from the Termilae already mentioned by Herodotus.

Archaeology

Throughout the 1950s, P. Demargne and H. Metzger meticulously explored the site of Xanthos
Xanthos

Xanthos was the name of a city in ancient Lycia, the site of present day Kinik,Antalya, Turkey, and of the river on which the city is situated....
 in Lycia, which included an acropolis. Metzger reported the discovery of Geometric pottery dating the occupation of the citadel to the 8th century BC. J.M. Cook concluded that these discoveries constituted the earliest form of material culture in Lycia since the region was uninhabited throughout prehistoric times. The Lycians may ultimately have been nomadic settlers that descended into the southwestern areas of Asia Minor only during the 8th century BC.

See also

  • Lycia
    Lycia

    Lycia was a region in Anatolia in what are now the Provinces of Turkey of Antalya Province and Mugla Province on the southern coast of Turkey. It was a federation of ancient cities in the region and later a Roman province of the Roman Empire....
  • Lycian language
    Lycian language

    Lycian language refers to the inscriptional language of ancient Lycia, populated by Lycians, as well as its presumed spoken counterpart....
  • Lycian script
  • Carians
    Carians

    The Carians were the ancient inhabitants of Caria....
  • Mysians
    Mysians

    Mysians were the inhabitants of Mysia, a region in northwestern Asia Minor....
  • Lydians
    Lydians

    Lydians were the inhabitants of Lydia, a region in western Anatolia.Their capital was at Sardis.Their governmental system included kings,as their rulers....


Sources

  • Cook, J.M. "Greek Archaeology in Western Asia Minor". Archaeological Reports, No. 6 (1959 - 1960), pp. 27-57.