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Lycia

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Ly·ci·a  (lsh-, lsh)
An ancient country and Roman province of southwest Asia Minor on the Aegean Sea. Ruled from early times by Persia and Syria, it was annexed by Rome in the first century a.d.

Lycia [ˈlɪsɪə]
n
(Placename) an ancient region on the coast of SW Asia Minor: a Persian, Rhodian, and Roman province

Ly•ci•a (ˈlɪʃ i ə)

n.
an ancient country in SW Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
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Noun1.Lycia - an ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia MinorLycia - an ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor
Anatolia, Asia Minor - a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey


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On this the son of Lycaon shouted in triumph, "Knights Trojans, come on; the bravest of the Achaeans is wounded, and he will not hold out much longer if King Apollo was indeed with me when I sped from Lycia hither.
Yet Montesquieu, speaking of this association, says: "Were I to give a model of an excellent Confederate Republic, it would be that of Lycia.
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.
 
 
 
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