Sardis – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Sardis
Sardis or
Sardes (;
Lydian:
Sfard;
Sardeis; ) was an ancient city at the location of modern
Sart (Sartmahmut before 19 October 2005) in
Turkey's
Manisa Province. Sardis was the capital of the ancient kingdom of
Lydia, one of the important cities of the
Persian Empire, the seat of a
proconsul under the
Roman Empire, and the metropolis of the province Lydia in later Roman and
Byzantine times. As one of the
Seven churches of Asia, it was addressed by
John, the author of the
Book of Revelation in the
Holy Bible, in terms which seem to imply that its population was notoriously soft and fainthearted. Its importance was due first to its military strength, secondly to its situation on an important highway leading from the interior to the
Aegean coast, and thirdly to its commanding the wide and fertile plain of the
Hermus.
Sardis
Noun
1. an ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; as the capital of Lydia it was the cultural center of Asia Minor; destroyed by Tamerlane in 1402
(hypernym) city, metropolis, urban center
(part-holonym) Turkey, Republic of Turkey
Sardis
prince of joy
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
About
Sardis
a city of Asia Minor and capital of Lydia, situated about two miles to the south of the river Hermus, just below the range of Tmolus, on a spur of which its acropolis was built. It was 60 miles northeast of Smyrna. It was the ancient residence of the kings of Lydia, among them Croesus, proverbial for his immense wealth. Cyrus is said to have taken,000,000 worth of treasure form the city when he captured it, B.C. 548. Sardis was in very early times, both from the extremely fertile character of the neighboring region and from its convenient position, a commercial mart of importance. The art of dyeing wool is said to have been invented there. In the year 214 B.C. it was taken and sacked by the army of Antiochus the Great. Afterward it passed under the dominion of the kings of Pergamos. Its productive soil must always have continued a source of wealth; but its importance as a central mart appears to have diminished from the time of the invasion of Asia by Alexander. The massive temple of Cybele still bears witness in its fragmentary remains to the wealth and architectural skill of the people that raised it. On the north side of the acropolis, overlooking the valley of the Hermus, is a theatre near 400 feet in diameter, attached to a stadium of about 1000. There are still considerable remains of the ancient city at Sert-Kalessi . Travellers describe the appearance of the locality as that of complete solitude. The only passage in which it is mentioned in the Bible is (Revelation 3:1-6)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith.
About
Sardis
the metropolis of Lydia in Asia Minor. It stood on the river Pactolus, at the foot of mount Tmolus. Here was one of the seven Asiatic churches (Rev. 3:1-6). It is now a ruin called Sert-Kalessi.
