Editing Lycia (section)

==In Greek mythology==

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[[File:Lycia coin Circa 520-470 BCE.jpg|thumb|Lycia coin, c. 520–470 BC.]]
According to [[Herodotus]], the earliest known name for the area was [[Milyas]], and its original inhabitants, who spoke the [[Milyan language]], were the [[Milyae]] ({{Lang|grc|Μιλύαι}}),<ref>Herod. vii. 77; Strab. xiv. p. 667; Plin. v. 25, 42.</ref> or Milyans, also known by the [[exonyms]] {{Lang|grc-Latn|Sólymoi}} ({{Lang|grc|Σόλυμοι}}), Solymi, and Solymians.

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Solymus''' or '''Solymos'''  was the ancestral hero and [[eponym]] of the Solymi. He was a son of either [[Zeus]] or [[Ares]]; his mother's name is variously given as [[Chaldene]], Caldene ("daughter of [[Pisidus]]"), Calchedonia, or Chalcea "the [[nymph]]".<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s. v. ''Pisidia''</ref><ref>''[[Etymologicum Magnum]]'', 721. 43, under ''Solymoi''</ref><ref>[[Antimachus]] in [[scholia]] on [[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'', 5. 283</ref><ref>[[Clement of Rome]] in [[Rufinus of Aquileia]], ''Recognitiones'', 10. 21</ref> Meanwhile, [[Europa (mythology)|Europa]] had (at least) two sons, [[Sarpedon (brother of Minos)|Sarpedon]] and [[Minos]], who vied for the kingship of their native land, [[Crete]]. Minos drove Sarpedon and his people, the [[Termilae]], into exile and they settled in Milyas. Subsequently, [[Lycus (son of Pandion II)|Lycus]] of [[Athens]] (son of [[Pandion II]]), who was driven into exile by his brother, King [[Aegeus]], settled in Milyas among the Termilae. The name Lycia was adopted subsequently in honor of Lycus. (It had in fact been around much longer under the name [[Lukka]], probably derived from the same root as [[Latin]] ''[[wikt:lucus|lucus]]'' (grove, bright space)). Herodotus ends his tale with the observation that the Lycians were [[matrilineal]].<ref>Herodotus, The Histories, 1.173.</ref>

Lycia appears elsewhere in Greek myth, such as in the story of [[Bellerophon]], who eventually succeeded to the throne of the Lycian king [[Iobates]] (or Amphianax). Lycia was frequently mentioned by [[Homer]] as an ally of [[Troy]]. In Homer's [[Iliad]], the Lycian contingent was said to have been led by two esteemed warriors: [[Sarpedon (Trojan War hero)|Sarpedon]] (son of [[Zeus]] and [[Laodamia]]) and [[Glaucus (soldier)|Glaucus]] (son of [[Hippolochus (mythology)|Hippolochus]]).