- The
Leleges (/ˈlɛlɪdʒiːz/; Gr****: Λέλεγες) were an
aboriginal people of the
Aegean region,
before the Gr****s arrived. They were
distinct from another...
-
closely related to Luwian. Also
closely ****ociated with the
Carians were the
Leleges,
which could be an
earlier name for Carians. Cramer's
detailed catalog...
-
often linked by Gr****
writers to the
Leleges, but the
exact nature of the
relationship between Carians and
Leleges remains mysterious. The two
groups seem...
-
Lelegid were the
descendants of
Lelex (a back-formation),
ancestor of the
Leleges, an
ancient tribe inhabiting the
Eurotas valley before the Gr****s, who...
-
Apollo at Didyma. He said that the pre-Ionic
inhabitants of the city were
Leleges and Lydians. Callimachus, in his Hymn to
Artemis attributed the earliest...
- it had
three previous names: Lelégōn Pólis (Λελέγων πόλις, "City of the
Leleges"), Megálē Pólis (Μεγάλη Πόλις, "Great City"), and Ninóē (Νινόη). Sometime...
-
extended to
combine with the
existing Salmacis, an
older town of the
native Leleges and Carians, and site of the
later citadel. The
first settlers were originally...
-
Cappadocians Carians Cataonians Caucones Cilicians Hittites Isaurians Leleges Leucosyri Luwians Lycaonians Lycians (Termilae)
Lydians (Maeonians) Mariandyni...
- and has been
settled by many
civilizations since being founded by the
Leleges people in 3000 BC.
Later settlers include the
Aeolians in the 11th century...
- (Bryce): A
people displaced from
Crete about 1600 BC.
Termera (Strabo): A
Lelege people displaced by the
Trojan War,
first settling in
Caria and ****igning...
