Английская Википедия:Gymnesian Islands

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Файл:Map - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - OTM- HB-KZL 32.25.35.tif
Latin map of the Balearic Islands, with the eastern islands named Шаблон:Lang.
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Gymnesian Islands (in dark grey)

The Gymnesians (Шаблон:Lang-ca Шаблон:IPA-ca, Шаблон:Lang-es Шаблон:IPA-es), or Gymnesic Islands (Шаблон:Lang-ca),[1] is a collective name given to the two largest (and easternmost) Balearic Islands, Mallorca and Menorca, distinguishing them from the Pityuses (Шаблон:Lang-ca; Шаблон:Lang-es), or Pine Islands, Ibiza and Formentera.

Etymology

The word Gymnesian (from the Шаблон:Lang-gr Шаблон:Transl) means 'naked'. The Greeks called the islands Gymnesiae (Шаблон:Lang-grc). According to Diodorus Siculus the Greeks called the islands like this because the inhabitants were naked during the summer time.[2] The Ancient Greeks recruited the local inhabitants of these islands, the Talaiotics, as slingers. According to some researchers, this does not mean that they fought naked, but that they used much lighter armament than the hoplites.

Name usage

Later the Phoenicians referred to both Mallorca and Menorca as the Baliarides. After the whole archipelago (the Pityuses and Gymnesians) came under Roman rule, the islands gained the overall Latin name Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang; the collective concept has continued in use in modern languages, hence ultimately the English name Balearic Islands.

References

Шаблон:Reflist

  • Strabo Geography Book III, Chapter 2
  • Belenguer, E. Història de les illes Balears. Barcelona: Edicions 62, 2004. 525 p. Шаблон:ISBN (volume I)

Шаблон:Coord

Шаблон:Balearics-geo-stub