people
the Lydians
Lydians
also: Lydi, Lydorum
A people of western Asia Minor; by tradition the Etruscans were Lydian colonists, so Maecenas's royal Etruscan ancestry is traced to Lydian kings.
Reading notes
- The Satires §1.6 the Lydians
A people of Asia Minor; the Etruscans were traditionally held to be Lydian colonists, so Maecenas's royal Etruscan line traces back to Lydian kings.