AsiA minor
Publié le 22/02/2012
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The peninsula at the extreme tip
of western Asia, usually synonymous with Asian
Turkey or Anatolia. It is washed by the Black Sea in
the north, by the Mediterranean in the south, and by
the Aegean Sea in the west. It was the intersecting
point between East and West in ancient times: to
the east lay Mesopotamia and China, to the west,
Europe, especially nearby Greece. It was the site of
the ancient kingdoms of Lydia and Phrygia. At the
entrance to the Dardanelles, the sea passage that led
from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, stood the
city of Troy.
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- Lydia Greek A wealthy kingdom of western Asia Minor (now northwestern Turkey).
- Medea Greek A sorceress; daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis (Asia Minor); niece of Circe, the witch of the Odyssey.
- Midas Greek A mythical king of Phrygia, an ancient region of central Asia Minor; son of the goddess Cybele and Gordius, from whom he inherited the throne.
- Phrygia Greek An ancient region of central Asia Minor (now central Turkey).
- Pluribus intentus minor est ad singula sensus