Phrygia was a daughter of Cecrops, from whom the country of Phrygia was believed to have derived its name.(Plin. H. N. v. 32)-- Totius latinitatis lexicon: Vel a Phrygia Cecropis filia, vel a Phryge fluvio; or the river Phrygius, see Hyllus (river)
Phrygia is also an epithet for Cybele, as the goddess who was worshipped above all others in Phrygia,(Virg. Aen. vii. 139; Strab. x. p. 469) and as a surname of Athena on account of the Palladium which was brought from Hellespontine Phrygia.Ov. Met. xiii. 337; compare Apollod. iii. 12. §3.
Phrygia was also a feminine personal name attested in ancient Athens, since ca. 500 BCIG I³ 546 - Phrygia the bread-seller dedicated me to AthenaGirls and women in classical Greek religion By Matthew Dillon Page 16 (2003)
Phrygia is the name of Spartacus’ wife in Aram Kachaturian’s 1954 ballet Spartacus.
Other uses Phrygia (plant), a taxonomic synonym of the genus Centaurea Phrygia, one of the seven Magypsies in the 2006 role-playing video game Mother 3
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