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Archives...well, strangely enough, there may be a grain of truth in what you say...
in reply to a message by .blonde.
Lydia indeed means "a maiden from Lydia". However, there is a word related to Lydia -- "Lydopathes" -- which in classical Greek means "voluptuous as a Lydian" - apparently chicks from Lydia were quite hot :)
(http://www.perseus.org/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2364054)
(http://www.perseus.org/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2364054)
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