Delphi - the ex-voto of the Liparians
18) Ex-voto of the Liparians
Period: approx. 3rd c. B.C.
Τhe statues of the Liparians are located on the sculptured bases west of the Treasury of the Siphnians.
The settlers, originating from the small Asia Minor island of Knidos, lived on the Aeolian Islands *, as mentioned in the Homeric poems.
On one of them, Lipari, they built a city where they settled permanently. However, they still were facing the raids of the pirates of the Tyrrhenian Sea, as shown by the dedications to Delphi regarding their victories. Only the dedicatory inscriptions were preserved:
LIPARAIOI APO TYRSANNNON APPOLONI
KNIDIOI TOI EL LIPARAI
TODE TO MNAMA APO TYRSANON
A tribute to Apollo, from the settlers of Knidos when they fought the Tyrrhenian * pirates
Aeolian Islands: sometimes referred to as the Lipari Islands or Lipari group (after their largest island), are a volcanic archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily, said to be named after Aeolus, the mythical ruler of the winds.
Tyrrhenians: or Tyrsenians was the name used by the ancient Greeks authors to refer, in a generic sense, to non-Greek people, in particular pirates.
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