Maeonia
Maeonia, Prop., a district of Lydia; hence, Etruria (settled by Lydians)
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
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Maeoniis Proper-name noun: feminine dative plural, Proper-name noun: feminine ablative plural of Maeonia
Maeoniis Proper-name noun: masculine ablative plural, Proper-name noun: masculine dative plural of Maeonii
Maeoniis Proper-name adjective: neuter ablative plural, Proper-name adjective: neuter dative plural, Proper-name adjective: feminine ablative plural, Proper-name adjective: feminine dative plural, Proper-name adjective: masculine ablative plural, Proper-name adjective: masculine dative plural of Maeonius
- Prop., a district of Lydia; hence, Etruria (settled by Lydians), V.
MAEO´NIA (Μαιονία), an ancient name of Lydia. [LYDIA] There was, also, in later times a town of this name in Lydia, mentioned by Pliny (Plin. Nat. 5.29. s. 30), Hierocles (p. 670), and in the Episcopal Notitia; and of which several coins are extant. Its ruins have been found at a place called Megné, 5 English miles W. of Sandal. (Hamilton, Researches, vol. 2. p. 139.) COIN OF MAEONIA.
(Μαιονία). The ancient name of Lydia. Hence Vergil gives the name of Maeonia to Etruria, because the Etruscans were said to be descended from Lydians. Hence also Homer, as a native of Maeonia, is called Maeonides and Maeonius senex, and his poems the Maeoniae chartae, or Maeonium carmen. (See Lydia.) Maeonis likewise occurs as a surname of Omphalé and of Arachné, because both were Lydians.