colophonian — ozdic

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Of or relating to the Lydian city of Colophon.

We know that the Colophonian poet Xenophanes narrated the history of his native land, and that in a poem of two thousand lines he also set forth the events connected with the foundation of Velia, in which he participated.

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A native or inhabitant of the Lydian city of Colophon.

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