Lydian
[lidiәn]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Lydia, a country of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants; hence, soft; effeminate; -- said especially of one of the ancient Greek modes or keys, the music in which was of a soft, pathetic, or voluptuous character.
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Definition
adj. pertaining to Lydia in Asia Minor: of an ancient Greek mode of music: (mus.) soft and slow: luxurious and effeminate.
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Examples
- The Ionian, he replied, and the Lydian; they are termed 'relaxed. Plato. The Republic.
- This was Cr?sus, the Lydian king. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Lydian dynasty seems to have been a trading dynasty of the type of Minos in Crete, with a banking and financial development. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The harmonies which you mean are the mixed or tenor Lydian, and the full-toned or bass Lydian, and such like. Plato. The Republic.
- Later on, however, these Ionian Greek cities were brought into subjection by the Lydian kings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Thus he spoke not persuading Cr?sus; for it is true indeed that the Persians before they subdued the Lydians had no luxury nor any good thing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Lydians were a non-Aryan people speaking a non-Aryan speech, of which at the present time only a few words are known. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This was probably the eclipse of 585 B.. wh ich interrupted a fierce battle between the Medes and the Lydians. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I, for my own part, feel gratitude to the gods that they do not put it into the minds of the Persians to march against the Lydians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The chief strength of the Lydians lay in their cavalry; they were excellent, if undisciplined, horsemen, and fought with long spears. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So the Lydians fought against Cyrus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have had occasion to mention the kingdom of Lydia, and it may be well to give a short note here upon the Lydians before proceeding with our story. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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