#lycia

[dream-world-universe]

Rock-cut tombs, Myra, Demre, Turkey: Myra was a Lycian city, then captured by Ancient Greece and lived under their rule, then the Roman Empire and then the Ottoman in Lycia, which became the small Turkish town of Kale, renamed Demre in 2005, in the present-day Antalya Province of Turkey. It was founded on the river Myros, in the fertile alluvial plain between Alaca Dağ, the Massikytos range and the Aegean Sea. Wikipedia

[along-the-silkroad]

The Lycian Rock Tombs, Fethiye, Türkiye, c. 4th century BCE. 

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youtube link for the video by Prayyer Music

This band is such a dream~ they're so dark and atmospheric... real cemetery photoshoot music. You can support them on Bandcamp here! They're a brilliant band with incredible music ;__;

If this one's not for you, don't stop now – a lot of sounds fall under the goth umbrella and I'm trying to post different stuff every day. No repeats allowed~

If you like this song, I highly recommend these other songs by them:

[gothethite]

Just got back from the desert and literally what it's like to go to the desert...

[romegreeceart]

Statues of the Nereid Monument

* 390-380 BCE

* Xanthos, Lycia

* British Museum

London, June 2022

[whencyclopedia]

The Heroon of Trysa: A Lycian Tomb Reappears

The Heroon of Trysa was the tomb of a powerful Lycian dynast surrounded by a precinct wall covered with remarkable mythological friezes. It was discovered in 1841 CE when a Polish-Prussian school teacher and classical philologist, Julius August Schönborn (1801-1857 CE), set out to explore the Teke Peninsula in southwest Turkey. Over 2,000 years earlier, this mountainous region east of Rhodes had been the Kingdom of Lycia. Schönborn recognised the characteristic ogival stone sarcophagi and pillar tombs of the Lycians. What he discovered on 20 December, however, was altogether different, and the subsequent fate of these friezes would embellish an already intriguing archaeological tale.

Homer's Heroes

Considerable mystery surrounds both Trysa and the Lycians. Prompted by the paucity of prehistoric material on the peninsula, archaeologists have suggested the Lycians were nomadic settlers. Pottery excavated in the 1950s CE at the better-known Lycian site of Xanthos suggests they arrived in the area during the 8th century BCE. If correct, this would make their appearance contemporary with Homer, the semi-legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Indeed, the first literary mention of Lycia is in the Iliad, where Homer writes that "The Lycians were led by Sarpedon with Glaucus, the heroes, Far from Lycia, from the whirling waters of Xanthus" to fight in the Trojan War (Iliad, Book II, line 875). Herodotus later posited that Sarpedon had conducted the Lycians to Turkey (Anatolia) from Crete.

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[versinalia]

"And Through the Smoke and Nails" by Arizonan band Lycia, off their 1993 album A Day in the Stark Corner

Bandcamp

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[gothlisteningclub]

#14 Lycia - Cold

"Cold (1996) is the fifth studio album released by darkwave band Lycia. A dreamy, ambient album perfect for listening to on a still-dark winter morning. Track six, Drifting, is my favorite ^_^"

"Ethereal wave is an underrated genre in the current goth scene and this band is a perfect example of it. Sort of resembles shoegaze with all the layered sound. Great for a contemplative night walk (or background music for your Vampire the Masquerade campaign)"

listening links: youtube / bandcamp / spotify / apple music

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[the-blackest-blue]

Im really getting hooked to Lycia as of late.

Estrella, The Burning Circle and Dust, Ionia, Bleak and Vane etc. So many great tracks. I find that i dont tend to find all the tracks great. But i have a good hand full off each album that sticks out. But i tend to hear stuff like this later and go "ooooh how did i not hear this before?" So some could grow on me. But my Lord, i want to bathe myself in the blackest sea and breathe in the moonlit mists. I want to lay on a grey cloud and rain on everyone as i float by. And Tara Vanflower has some great tracks and writing solo work as well. Black Fuzzy, Womb like Liquid Honey etc. This music captivates me, I'm in the web and don't want to leave.

Gothgaze? DOOMgaze?Shoegothdoom? Lol

Favorite tunes currently

El Diablo

A Presence in the Woods

Pray

The Boiler Room

Ionia

Black Fuzzy

Im sure as i get more aquinted with their work, this list will grow. I really enjoyed the interview on Cemetery Confessions. Shout out to Angela benedict for turning me on to this band.

[lolly-in-a-strange-land]

the queen informs us that Josh is a good hugger, i can die happy now