Glassworking is an art form which was very popular in Asia Minor. Specimens of glasswork appear as early as the 2nd millennium BC. Important finds of the Archaic and Classical periods come from Gordium, Sardis, Pitane; of the Hellenistic period from Xanthus, Ephesus, and Iasus; of the Roman period from Pisidia, Phrygia, Cilicia and many other cities, while there is also the glass edict of Diocletian from Aphrodisias. All these finds give us an impressive picture of the attainments of glass...

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Hyagnis or Agnis was a mythological musician from Phrygia. He is considered the inventor of the aulos (double flute) and the auletic art. Along with Marsyas and Olympus, he was a member of the Phrygian Triad. According to tradition, his action dates back to the time when Erichthonius was the king of Athens.

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Hyakinthos was born in the 1st half of the 13th century. He was a close associate of patriarch Arsenios Autoreianos and one of the leaders of the rebellion of the arsenites. However, in 1284 he came to terms with the official church at the council of Adramyttion and acknowledged the legitimacy of patriarch Gregory II of Cyprus. Following the defrocking of Gregory II, Hyakinthos was imprisoned. He died prior to 1303.

City of Lydia, near the village of Günlüce, 4 km to the NW of the city of Ödemış. The territory of the city included Dideifytinon Katoikia, Kinamoura, Postais and a[l]keanon Katoikia. Artemis Persike was widely worshipped. It used to be a bishopric in the Byzantine years.

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City in Lydia, located on the site of the modern-day village of Halıtpaşaköy, in the Hyrcanian plain. The region was originally colonized by the Hyrcanians. Later on, it became a Seleucid colony. The city was destroyed by an earthquake in 17 AD and was rebuilt by Tiberius. During the Byzantine period, it was a diocese until the 12th century AD.

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