Lblbqkis,  a  name  applied  to  Miletus,  beoaoM  one6
possessed  by  the  t..6legea. (P^tn  ,  6,  29.)

LblSobs,  an  ancient  race,  whose  history  is  involved
in  great  obscurity,  in  consequence  of  the  various  and
almost  contradictory  traditions  which  exist  concern-
ing them ;  according  to  which,  they  nre>  on  the  on*
hand  represented  aa  among  the  earliest  inbabitanlfl
of  Greece,  while  on  the  other  they  are  aaid  to  b*
the  same  people  as  the  Cariana. Herodotue  statee
(1,  171)  thst  the  Csrians,  who  originally  inhabited  the
islsnds  of  the  Mgnn  Ses,  were  known  by  the  name
of  Leieges  before  they  emigrated  to  Asia  Minor ;  and
according  to  Pausanies  (7,  2,  4),  the  I^Ieges  formed
only  a  part  of  the  Cariatt  ottnn. Tho  Lri^ea
pear,  from  noHieroos  tnditioDs. to  have  inhabited  the
l^nids  of  the  ^Egean  Sm  and  the  western  cossu  of
Asia  Minor  from  a  very  early  period. In  Homer  thef
are  repreaented  aa  the  allies  ol  the  Trojans ;  and  thetz'
king  Altee  ia  aaid  to  have  been  the  father-in-law  of
Priam;  {H.,  20,  96. —  /*.,  21,  86.)  .They  are  saM
to /have  founded  the  temple  of  Jnno  in  Samoa  (AUtf
noKB,  15,  p. 672),  and  Strabo  informs  ns  that  they
one*  tnhatnted. together  with  the  Carians,  the  whole
^  Ionia. (Aroi.. 881.)-->Ob  the  other  hand,  in  tho
numcfous  traditions  respecting  them  in  the  north  of
Greece,  we  find  no  connexion  between  them  and  the
Carians. '  According  to  Ariatotlo  (qooted  by  Strabo^
332),  they  inhabited  paru  of  Acamaoia. iEtalia. Opaiw
tian  Locria,  Leucas,  and  Bootia. In  the  «MtIi  of
Greece  we  again  meet  with  the  tame  caafnaion  in  Ihe
biditimts  of  Megara  reapee^  the  Lelegea  and  the  C»*
rlana. Car  is  .said  to  have  been 'one  of  the  most  an>
cient  kinge  of  Megan,  and  to  have  been  succeeded  ia
the  royal  power,  after  tlw  lapee  of  twdve  generatiooe,  hgr
LeleztafonicparlinnfiD'pt. (FnwM»L89,4,«M0

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Pfbt,  iba  gnndsoa  of  thii  Lalez,  u  nid,  to  btva  1^
«  colony  ol'  MagwUn  Leleff«s  into  MctacBta,  where
ke  founded  tbo  «ity  of  Pyhia. {Puiuam,,  ^  36, 1.)
TW  LmtdwooUn  tndiiiono,  on  lbs  eauuKty,  nim-
Mot  the  LologM  u  1^  ociaind  ipbobitanU  ot  Lko-
ni«. (i*a«MM.,  3,  I,  D-rft  can  warcely  bo  doubted,
from  tb«  DumanHW  tnditiooi  on  th«  aubject,  thai  the
Lelogea  wora.in  aoroe  uutiner  eloaely  coniwctcd  with
the  Ouiana. {Vid. Otiu.). 