Phrygia

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ancient country historical region

Phrygia was an ancient region in west-central Anatolia, known for its distinctive culture, legendary King Midas, and role as a crossroads of early Anatolian and Greek civilizations.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Phrygian Kingdom 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient country ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Gordium archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith Phrygian cap as symbol of liberty ⓘ
Phrygian ⓘ
surface form: Phrygian mode in music
borderedBy Bithynia ⓘ
Cappadocia ⓘ
Caria ⓘ
Galatia ⓘ
Lycaonia ⓘ
Lydia ⓘ
Paphlagonia ⓘ
Pisidia ⓘ
capital Gordium ⓘ
conqueredBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Alexander the Great ⓘ
Cimmerians ⓘ
Lydian Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Lydians
continent Asia ⓘ
crossroadsOf Anatolian civilizations ⓘ
Greek world ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn Anatolian religions ⓘ
Greek culture ⓘ
Roman culture ⓘ
ethnicGroup Phrygians ⓘ
flourishedDuring 8th century BC ⓘ
knownFor Gordian Knot legend ⓘ
King Midas legend ⓘ
Olympic Phryge ⓘ
surface form: Phrygian cap

distinctive music ⓘ
horse breeding ⓘ
textile production ⓘ
language Phrygian language ⓘ
locatedIn Anatolia ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
surface form: modern-day Turkey
majorCity Apamea ⓘ
Celaenae ⓘ
Colossae ⓘ
Gordium ⓘ
Hierapolis ⓘ
Church of Laodicea ⓘ
surface form: Laodicea on the Lycus
mentionedIn Herodotus ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
Xenophon ⓘ
namedAfter Luwians ⓘ
surface form: Phrygians
notableDeity Cybele ⓘ
Sabazios ⓘ
notableRuler Gordias ⓘ
King Midas ⓘ
partOf Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Anatolia ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Anatolia

Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
surface form: Hellenistic world

Roman Empire ⓘ
religion Phrygian religion ⓘ
timePeriod Classical antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Classical Antiquity

Iron Age ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Epictetus → birthPlace → Phrygia ⓘ
Galatia → borderedBy → Phrygia ⓘ
Bithynia → borders → Phrygia ⓘ
Caria → borders → Phrygia ⓘ
Asia Minor → containedRegion → Phrygia ⓘ
Angora → historicalRegion → Phrygia ⓘ
Iconium → historicalRegion → Phrygia ⓘ
Lydian Kingdom → neighbor → Phrygia ⓘ
Alcibiades → placeOfDeath → Phrygia ⓘ
Anatolia → wasCenterOf → Phrygia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phrygian Kingdom