Lydus
Lydus (
Maeonia. According to Herodotus, the country of Lydia and its people
were afterwards named for Lydus, their mythical ancestor.
Sources
- Herodotus, I. 7, 94.
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I. 27, &c.
- Strabo, v. p. 219.
Bibliography
- "Lydus (1)", William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 2. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1867.
See also