Phrygia

[ frij-ee-uh ]

/ ˈfrɪdʒ i ə /

an ancient country in central and NW Asia Minor.

Example sentences from the Web for phrygia

Cybelê is so called from mount Berecyntus, in Phrygia, where she was held in especial adoration.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 |The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
After this he put down a revolt among the Pisidians, and conquered the whole of Phrygia.

Plutarch's Lives Volume III. |Plutarch
This, it is said, took place in Phrygia, at a place called Otryæ.

Plutarch's Lives, Volume II |Aubrey Stewart & George Long
Lysimachus, at war with Seleucus Nicator, is defeated and slain in Phrygia.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 2 |Various

The Curetes belong to the most ancient times of Greece, and probably are to be counted among the first inhabitants of Phrygia.

The Geography of Strabo, Volume II (of 3) |Strabo

Phrygia

/ (ˈfrɪdʒɪə) /

an ancient country of W central Asia Minor