ORIGIN OF THE LYCIANS. 39 



epoch most interesting as bearing on Lycian 

 History. Herodotus has, however, briefly noticed 

 that " those inhabitants of Lycia, now calling 

 themselves Xanthians, are all strangers, excepting 

 certain families on which account it may be 

 supposed that the manners and customs they had 

 introduced were undeserving of particular notice, 

 as being foreign to the true Lycians. 



We subjoin from this historian those passages 

 which refer to the early history of the country. 



" The Lycians came in ancient times from 

 Crete under Sarpedon, who being expelled by his 

 brother, settled in the Milyadian territory ; such 

 was then the name of the country now occupied 

 by the Lycians ; the Milyans were now called 

 Solymians. For some time they were governed 

 by Sarpedon, and were called at that time, as they 

 are even now by some of their neighbours, Ter- 

 milians. But Lycus, son of Pandion, having been 

 driven from Athens by his brother JEgeus, came 

 among the Termilians, and was received by Sar- 

 pedon ; and in course of time it happened that the 

 name of this stranger was adopted by the people, 

 who afterwards were called Lycians : their laws 

 are partly Cretan, partly Carian ; one of their 

 customs is entirely peculiar to themselves : that 



