Phrygia

Phrygia
   Dry, an irregular and ill-defined district in Asia Minor. It was divided into two parts, the Greater Phrygia on the south, and the Lesser Phrygia on the west. It is the Greater Phrygia that is spoken of in the New Testament. The towns of Antioch in Pisidia (Acts 13:14), Colosse, Hierapolis, Iconium, and Laodicea were situated in it.

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  • Phrygĭa [2] — Phrygĭa, ein Theil von Kleinasien, welcher in den verschiedenen Zeiten sehr verschiedene Ausdehnung hatte; namentlich gehörte früher das Küstenland unter dem Namen Kleinphrygia od. P. am Hellespont dazu (welches später als Klein Mysien abgetrennt …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Phrygia — PHRYGIA, æ, Gr. Φρυγία, ας, (⇒ Tab. II.) des Arges Frau, mit welcher er den Deusus, Atron und die Atreneste zeugete. Philosteph. ap. Steph. Byz. in Ἀρτηνή …   Gründliches mythologisches Lexikon

  • Phrygia [1] — PHRYGIA, æ, ein Beynamen der Cybele; Virgil. Aen. VII. v. 139. weil sie in Phrygien nicht allein geboren war, Diod. Sic. l. III. c. 58. p. 134. sondern daselbst auch zuerst verehret wurde. Id. ib. c. 59. p. 135 …   Gründliches mythologisches Lexikon

  • Phrygia — [frij′ē ə] ancient country in WC Asia Minor …   English World dictionary

  • Phrygia — In antiquity, Phrygia ( el. Φρυγία) was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now modern day Turkey. The Phrygians (Phruges or Phryges) initially lived in the Southern Balkans; according to Herodotus, under the name of… …   Wikipedia

  • PHRYGIA — I. PHRYGIA locus Oetae montis, ubi combustus Hercules, ἀπὸ τοὺ πεφρύχθαι ἐκεῖ τὸν Η῾ρακλέα. Item, locus inter Boeotiam et Atticam, sic dictus propter φρύγανα, quibus oppletus esset; dicuntur autem φρύγανα Graecis, item φρύγια, cremia, fomites,… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Phrygia — /frij ee euh/, n. an ancient country in central and NW Asia Minor. * * * Ancient district, west central Anatolia. It was named for a people whom the Greeks called Phryges and who dominated Anatolia between the Hittite collapse (12th century BC)… …   Universalium

  • Phrygia — geographical name ancient country W central Asia Minor divided about 400 B.C. into Greater Phrygia (the inland region) & Lesser Phrygia (region along the Dardanelles) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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