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Definition of phrygians

Phrygian
Phrygian Phryg"i*an, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Phrygia. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) A Montanist.
Phrygian
Phrygian Phryg"i*an, a. [L. Phrygius, Gr. ?, fr. ? Phrygia, a country of Asia Minor.] Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants. Phrygian mode (Mus.), one of the ancient Greek modes, very bold and vehement in style; -- so called because fabled to have been invented by the Phrygian Marsyas. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). Phrygian stone, a light, spongy stone, resembling a pumice, -- used by the ancients in dyeing, and said to be drying and astringent.

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- in Phrygian. It was then acknowledged by the Egyptians that the Phrygians were a nation older than the Egyptians. Josephus claimed the Phrygians were...
- Phrygian can refer to: Anything relating to the region of Phrygia Anything relating to the Phrygians, an ethnic group Phrygian language, their language...
- tradition among Gr**** historians, the Phrygians migrated to Anatolia from the Balkans. Herodotus says that the Phrygians were called Bryges when they lived...
- affirm that Phrygian is closely related to Gr****. This is not a surprising conclusion: ancient sources and modern scholars agree that Phrygians did not live...
- extended senses of "Phrygian" were the Trojans and other western Anatolian peoples, who in Gr**** perception were synonymous with the Phrygians, and whose heroes...
- The Phrygian helmet, also known as the Thracian helmet, was a type of helmet that originated in ancient Greece and was widely used in Thrace, Dacia, Magna...
- The Phrygian alphabet is the script used in the earliest Phrygian texts. It dates back to the 8th century BCE and was used until the fourth century BCE...
- The Phrygian mode (pronounced /ˈfrɪdʒiən/) can refer to three different musical modes: the ancient Gr**** tonos or harmonia, sometimes called Phrygian, formed...
- The Phrygian language (/ˈfrɪdʒiən/) was the Indo-European language of the Phrygians, spoken in Anatolia (modern Turkey), during classical antiquity (c...
- The name Armeno-Phrygian is used for a hypothetical language branch, which would include the languages spoken by the Phrygians and the Armenians, and would...