| Revision as of 02:06, 4 July 2012 edit58.161.104.206 (talk)No edit summary← Previous edit | Revision as of 04:15, 9 July 2012 edit undo58.161.104.206 (talk)No edit summaryNext edit → | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| '''Leucosyri''', or Leucosyoi also known as White Syrians. | '''Leucosyri''', or Leucosyoi also known as Leocosyrians or White Syrians. | ||
| Leucosyri are an ancient tribe that existed in ]. They were eventually hellenised. The name "Leucosyri" derived from the Greek name Λεύκοσυροι meaning White Syrians. Possible theories of the origins of the Leucosyri is that they may have been related or an offshoot of the ] who also inhabit Anatolia as the same time as the ]. Whether they are a subgroup of the Persians or some form of relation, it's been believed by most scholars and people that the Leucosyri are of ] origin with possible mixed Anatolian blood. | Leucosyri are an ancient tribe that existed in ]. They were eventually hellenised. The name "Leucosyri" derived from the Greek name Λεύκοσυροι meaning White Syrians. Possible theories of the origins of the Leucosyri is that they may have been related or an offshoot of the ] who also inhabit Anatolia as the same time as the ]. Whether they are a subgroup of the Persians or some form of relation, it's been believed by most scholars and people that the Leucosyri are of ] origin with possible mixed Anatolian blood. | ||
Revision as of 04:15, 9 July 2012
Leucosyri, or Leucosyoi also known as Leocosyrians or White Syrians.
Leucosyri are an ancient tribe that existed in Anatolia. They were eventually hellenised. The name "Leucosyri" derived from the Greek name Λεύκοσυροι meaning White Syrians. Possible theories of the origins of the Leucosyri is that they may have been related or an offshoot of the Persians who also inhabit Anatolia as the same time as the Greeks. Whether they are a subgroup of the Persians or some form of relation, it's been believed by most scholars and people that the Leucosyri are of Iranian origin with possible mixed Anatolian blood.
It's been believed that the Leucosyri lived in Pontus, Cappadocia, Cilicia and parts of central-west Asia Minor.
The Leucosyri of Pontus mainly lived in the mountainous highland of Pontus near Armenia Minor with considerable amount of people living in the interior of Pontus (the coastal area). During the reign of the Kingdom of Pontus, they may have been one of the Iranians of Pontus and Taurica (another traditional area with a large population of Pontic Greeks), to have contributed to Pontus' Iranian influence of the ancient Pontic population. Since the end of the Pontic rule and Roman takeover and occupation, the remaining Leucosyri became hellenised into the Pontic Greek population.
The Leucosyri have also lived in Cappadocia amongst the Greeks, Persians, Armenians, tribal Colchians and other Anatolian tribes such as the Galatians. Like the Leucosyri of Pontus, the remaining Leucosyri assimilated into the Cappadocian Greek population.
It have never been clear of the background of the Leucosyri as history had mention them a few times. The religion have never been clear of what deities the Leucosyri worshipped. Leucosyri may have worshipped Iranian and Anatolian gods and goddesses throughout Anatolia. It is then known that throughout the late Roman Empire they were introduced to Christianity. Like the rest of the Anatolian population, some were willing to convert but others were subjects to persucution due to their pagan faith.
Overall, the Leucosyri were one of the Anatolian ancestors of the Pontic Greeks, Cappadocian Greeks and the rest of the Greek Anatolians of Asia Minor, all which have possible mixed Greek/Anatolian/Iranian blood as of today.
See also