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Messapian
Messapian may refer to:
Messapians, an Iapygian tribe which inhabited Apulia in classical antiquity
Messapian language, spoken by the Iapygian tribes
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Messapian
Messapian, n. and a. (məˈseɪpɪən) Also Meˈssapic. [f. L. Messāpi-us + -an.] A. n. a. A native or inhabitant of the ancient district of Messapia (now Apulia and Calabria) in southern Italy. b. The language of the Messapians. B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Messapians or their language.1773 [see Iapyg...
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Messapian shepherds
In Greek mythology, the Messapian shepherds () are the flock-tending inhabitants of Messapia (Northern Apulia), a region in Italy. Group of shepherds
In another myth, some Messapian shepherds declared themselves better dancers than the Epimelides nymphs (nymphs that tend to the flocks
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Messapian pottery
Messapian pottery is a type of Messapian ceramic, produced between the 7th century BC until the 3rd century BC on the Italian region of southern Apulia The Messapian trozzella was a pottery vase which generally had four little wheels at the summit and base of its sharp angled handles.
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Venetic
Venetic, a. and n. (vɪˈnɛtɪk) [f. L. Venet-ī or Venet-ia + -ic.] A. adj. Of or pertaining to the ancient Veneti, their country, or their language, or to the modern province of Venice.1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 494/1 The population of the Venetian cities is ‘Venetian’ in language, but the country distr...
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Messapians
Archidamus died in battle under the walls of the Messapian city of Manduria in 338 BC. See also
Ancient Italic peoples
Messapian pottery
Messapian shepherds
Opis of Messapia
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van Dijk, Willemijn
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Iapygian
Iapygian, a. and n. (aɪəˈpɪdʒɪən) [f. L. Iāpygius, f. Iāpyx, -ygem, a son of Dædalus said to have ruled over southern Italy: see -ian.] A. adj. Of or pertaining to the ancient natives and district of Iapygia, the name given by the Greeks to the peninsula of Apulia in southern Italy. B. n. a. A nativ...
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Carosello (melon)
Another variety is the Barattiere "Tondo Liscio" (rounded smooth) of Manduria, an Apulian city which was an ancient Messapian settlement.
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Artas of Messapia
Artas made the Messapian state into a major military and political centre in the affairs of Magna Graecia.
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Poggiardo
An old Messapian town, Vaste, is located in its territory as a frazione.
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Cities and towns in Apulia
Localities of Salento
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Peucetians
All three tribes spoke the Messapian language, but had developed separate archaeological cultures by the seventh century BC; however, in Peucetian territory Pre-Roman ceramic evidence justifies Strabo's classification of Daunii, Peucetii and Messapii, who were all speakers of the Messapian language.
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Hyria
Hyria (Boeotia), an ancient town in Boeotia
Hyria (Campania), an ancient town in Campania, a short distance east of Nuceria Altaferna
Hyria, a principal Messapian
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Alezio
Messapian Necropolis, an ancient messapian necropolis, located in Monte Delia area, found by archaeological excavations.
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Hans Krahe
Die messapischen Inschriften und ihre Chronologie ("Messapian inscriptions and their chronology") is by Carlo de Simone and Volume III. Die messapischen Personennamen ("Messapian personal names") by Jürgen Untermann. (Wiesbaden 1964).
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Rock inscriptions of the Bay of Grama
Majority is written in Ancient Greek and Latin, but inscriptions in Messapian language as well as ones made by Byzantine Greeks or Ottoman Turks are also Ser also
Messapian language
References
Sources
Neritan Ceka: The Illyrians to the Albanians. Tirana: Migjeni. 2013. pp. 322., 396., 496.
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