Mysians
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The Mysians were an ancient people of northwestern Anatolia, known from Greek and Roman sources for inhabiting the historical region of Mysia in what is now modern-day Turkey.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mysian | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Hellespont
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Propontis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| culturalContacts |
Greeks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Persians NERFINISHED ⓘ Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | Anatolian ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
local trade ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ |
| ethnicStatusLater | assimilated into surrounding populations ⓘ |
| ethnonym | Mysians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Classical Antiquity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Greek sources
ⓘ
Roman sources ⓘ |
| languageFamilyHypothesis |
Indo-European
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
related to Phrygian ⓘ |
| languageStatus | poorly attested ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mysia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northwestern Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Turkey ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Homeric epics
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRole | supplied troops to larger empires ⓘ |
| neighboringPeople |
Bithynians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lydians NERFINISHED ⓘ Phrygians NERFINISHED ⓘ Trojans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringRegion |
Bithynia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lydia NERFINISHED ⓘ Phrygia NERFINISHED ⓘ Troad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Anatolia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
between Troad and Bithynia
ⓘ
north of Mount Olympus in Mysia ⓘ |
| regionType | historical region ⓘ |
| religionType | polytheism ⓘ |
| sourceType |
ancient geography
ⓘ
classical historiography ⓘ |
| underRuleOf |
Achaemenid Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Pergamon NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.