Maeonia

E440556

Maeonia is an ancient name, often used in Greek sources, for the region later known as Lydia in western Anatolia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Maeonia canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient geographical name ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWithLanguageFamily Anatolian languages ⓘ
associatedWithMythicFigure Niobe ⓘ
Omphale ⓘ
Tantalus ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Lydians ⓘ
Maeonians ⓘ
linked to: Pelasgians
associatedWithRiver Hermus River ⓘ
Pactolus River ⓘ
capitalLaterInLydia Sardis ⓘ
equatedWith Lydia ⓘ
ethnonymForm Maeones ⓘ
Maeonians ⓘ
linked to: Pelasgians
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Anatolian cultures ⓘ
Greek culture ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity gold extraction from Pactolus River ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ
textile production ⓘ
hasModernTerritoryOverlap western Turkey ⓘ
hasNameOriginLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
historicalStatus pre-classical designation of Lydia ⓘ
knownFromSourceType historical traditions ⓘ
mythological traditions ⓘ
laterKnownAs Lydia ⓘ
laterRuledBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
Lydian kings ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
locatedIn Asia Minor ⓘ
western Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: Western Anatolia
mentionedByAuthor Herodotus ⓘ
Homer ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
mentionedIn Ancient Greek literature ⓘ
neighboringRegion Caria ⓘ
Ionia ⓘ
Phrygia ⓘ
partOf Achaemenid satrapy of Lydia ⓘ
Anatolia ⓘ
pre-GreekNameFor Lydia ⓘ
predecessorOf Lydian kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Lydian Kingdom
religiousCult Apollo worship ⓘ
Cybele worship ⓘ
Zeus worship ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ

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