Phrygia

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An ancient region of central Asia Minor in modern-day central Turkey. It was settled c. 1200 b.c. and flourished from the eighth to the sixth century, after which it came under the influence of Lydia, Persia, Greece, Rome, and Byzantium.

Phrygia [ˈfrɪdʒɪə]

(Placename) an ancient country of W central Asia Minor

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Phrygia - an ancient country in western and central Asia Minor

Colossae - an ancient city in south western Phrygia in Asia Minor; site of an early Christian Church

Anatolia, Asia Minor - a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey

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Anatolia Asia Minor Attis Baucis Colossae Colossian Cybele Dindymene Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians Epistle to the Colossians frieze Gordian Gordian knot Gordius Great Mother Ipsus Magna Mater Mater Turrita Meandrous			When I was in Phrygia I saw much horsemen, the people of Otreus and of Mygdon, who were camping upon the banks of the river Sangarius; I was their ally, and with them when the Amazons, peers of men, came up against them, but even they were not so many as the Achaeans. The Iliad by Homer View in context Otreus of famous name is my father, if so be you have heard of him, and he reigns over all Phrygia rich in fortresses. Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context Sardis, the capital of Lydia; Samos, a Greek island; Mesembria, an ancient colony in Thrace; and Cotiaeum, the chief city of a province of Phrygia, contend for the distinction of being the birthplace of Aesop. Fables by Aesop View in context			phrenic nerve phrenic vein Phrenics Phrenism phrenitis phreno- Phrenograph phrenography Phrenologer Phrenologic Phrenological phrenologist phrenology phrenomagnetism Phrenosin Phrensied phrensy Phrentic Phrixus phronemomania phronemophobia phrontistery phrygana Phryganeid Phryganeides Phrygia Phrygian Phrygian cap Phrygian deity Phrygian mode Phrygian stone Phryne Phrynosoma Phrynosoma cornutum PHS PHSE phthalate phthalein phthalic phthalic acid phthalic anhydride Phthalide Phthalimide phthalin phthalocyanine Phthalyl phthiriasis Phthiriidae phthiriophobia Phthirius Phthirius pubis			PHRJ PHRL PHRM Phrma PHRMG PHRMP PHRN PHRO PHROLES phronemomania Phronemophobia Phronesis Phronesis Phronetic phrontistery Phrozen Crew PHRP PHRPG PHRPS PHRST PHRU PHRV Phrygana Phryganeid Phryganeides Phrygia Phrygia Pacatiana Phrygia Pacatiana Phrygia Pacatiensis Phrygia Pacatiensis Phrygia Salutaris Phrygia Salutaris Phrygian Phrygian Phrygian Phrygian bonnet Phrygian bonnet Phrygian cap Phrygian cap Phrygian Cap Deformity Phrygian deity Phrygian empire Phrygian empire Phrygian marble Phrygian mode Phrygian modes Phrygian scale Phrygian stone Phrygians Phrygians Phrymaceae Phryne Phryne Phrynichos Phrynichus Phrynichus (poet)

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