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    Posted: 29-Jun-2012 at 02:17
Is Iconium another name for Byzantium?
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Iconium is a Latin name of Turkish city Konya.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konya
It was capital of Sultanate of Rum and later Principality of Karaman
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Originally posted by Ollios

Iconium is a Latin name of Turkish city Konya.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konya
It was capital of Sultanate of Rum and later Principality of Karaman


The Turkish name Konya comes from Latin Iconium.... That comes from Greek Icon = image.

"The name Konya is a cognate of icon, as an ancient Greek legend ascribed its name to the "eikon" (image), or the "gorgon's (Medusa's) head", with which Perseus vanquished the native population before founding the city." http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/321948/Konya 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konya#cite_note-Britannica-1
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Athough this might be completely irrelevant, why did the Orthodox Christians of the Roman empire worship idols of Christ and the saints? From what i've heard they believe these statues and paintings are living beings filled with God's power, rather than decorative ornaments
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Originally posted by Nick1986

Athough this might be completely irrelevant, why did the Orthodox Christians of the Roman empire worship idols of Christ and the saints? From what i've heard they believe these statues and paintings are living beings filled with God's power, rather than decorative ornaments


Worshipping idols was common practice before The East–West Schism of 1054... Why? It's called fetishism! Embarrassed
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Konya is older than all greek heritage in Anatolia. That why, its name could be greek. As Turk did in İstanbul case (obvious, it is a greek name), greeks changed many local Anatolian names and made up their own mtyhs about cities

Phrygian name of Konya: Kavania
Luwian name of Konya: İkkuwaniia
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