Lake Omodeo, the largest reservoir in Sardinia and in Italy In Classical antiquity, Sardinia was called a number of names besides Sardṓ ( Σαρδώ) or Sardinia, like Ichnusa (the Latinised form of the Greek Ἰχνοῦσα), Sandaliotis ( Σανδαλιῶτις ) and Argyrophleps ( Αργυρόφλεψ). It is suggested that the name had a religious connotation from its use also as the adjective for the ancient Sardinian mythological hero-god Sardus Pater ("Sardinian Father" or "Father of the Sardinians"), as well as being the stem of the adjective " sardonic". There has also been speculation that identifies the ancient Nuragic Sards with the Sherden, one of the Sea Peoples. Īccording to Timaeus, one of Plato's dialogues, Sardinia (referred to by most ancient Greek authors as Sardṓ, Σαρδώ) and its people as well might have been named after a legendary woman going by Sardṓ ( Σαρδώ), born in Sardis ( Σάρδεις), capital of the ancient Kingdom of Lydia. It makes its first appearance on the Nora Stone, where the word ŠRDN, or * Šardana, testifies to the name's existence when the Phoenician merchants first arrived. It comes from the pre-Roman ethnonym * s(a)rd-, later romanised as sardus (feminine sarda).
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