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🌍 Phrygia

  • <span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291487" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291487">📖 Pausanias 10.31.5-10.31.7</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11300962" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11300962">📖 Diodoros, Library 3.58.1-3.58.4</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11300971" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11300971">📖 Diodoros, Library 3.59.1-3.59.8</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11332560" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11332560">📖 Pseudo-Palaiphatos 47</span>
  • Information
    region in Anatolia
    Cult site of
    👤 Cybele (goddess)👤 Rhea👤 Ganymedes (f. of Ballanaios)👤 Attis
    Place of birth of
    👤 Cybele (goddess)👤 Alce (d. of Cybele)
    Place of death of
    👤 Attis👤 Typhon
    Settled by
    👤 Midas
    Settled from
    🌍 Brygia (N. Greece)
    Ruled by
    👤 Otreus👤 Midas👤 Meion (Phrygian)👤 Mygdon (Phrygian)👤 Tantalos (Lydian)👤 Pelops (Pisan)
    Conquered by
    👤 Myrine👤 Aias (the greater)👤 Ninos (Babylonian)👤 Ariaios
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Stone Niobe (Mt Sipylos)🏛️ the Road of Memnon (Persia)
    Related entities
    👥 the Phrygia Contingent at Troy (defenders)👤 Mideia (Phrygian)👤 Ilos (Trojan II)👤 the Cow of Troy🌍 Troy (Troad)🌍 the Hill of Phrygian Ate (Troad)🌍 Ascania (Phrygia)👤 Otreus👤 Priam👥 the Amazons🌍 River Sangarios (Phrygia)👤 Mygdon (Phrygian)👤 Dymas (Phrygian)👤 Calaos🌍 Lydia (Asia Minor)👤 Attis👤 Cybele (goddess)👤 Artemis👤 Hermes👤 Daughter of Otreus (persona of Aphrodite)🏛️ the House of Anchises (Troad)👤 Aias (the greater)👤 Tecmessa (Phrygian)👤 Pelops (Pisan)👤 Trojan Nurse (creation of Aphrodite)👤 Midas👤 Alexander (Trojan)👤 Ganymedes (s. of Tros)👤 Tantalos (Lydian)🏛️ the Stone Niobe (Mt Sipylos)👤 Rhea🌍 Samothrace (island)👥 the Corybantes👤 Berecynthos👤 Sagaris👤 Ballenaios👤 Ganymedes (f. of Ballanaios)👤 Meion (Phrygian)👤 Marsyas (Phrygian)👤 Hippolyte (Amazon I)👤 Melanippe (Amazon)👤 Dardanos (s. of Electra)👤 Corybas (s. of Cybele)👤 Cybele (w. of Iasion)👤 Thebe (Cilician)🏺 the Double Flute of Athena👤 Misenus (Trojan)👥 the Dactyloi👤 Zeus (Olympian)👤 Typhon🌍 Tauris (Pontos)🌍 Lesbos (island)🌍 Arabia🌍 Cilicia (SE Asia Minor)🌍 Assyria👤 Myrine🌍 River Caicos (Lydia)🌍 Egypt🌍 Libya (North Africa)🌍 Phoinicia🌍 India🌍 Mount Libanos (Syria)👤 the Aegis🌍 the Ceraunian Mountains (Libya)🌍 the Peloponnese👤 Olympos (f. of Marsyas)🌍 Mount Ida (Troad)👥 the Couretes (guardians)👤 Dionysos (Olympian)🌍 Crete (island)🌍 Mount Tmolos (Asia Minor)👥 the Satyrs🌍 Media🌍 Arabia Felix🌍 Persia🌍 Bactria🌍 Mount Sipylos (Lydia)👤 Astyanax (Trojan)🌍 Thrace (Pontic)👤 King of Troy (name unknown)👤 Niobe (Theban)🌍 Practios (Hellespont)🌍 Cyzicos (Mysia)🏺 the Ships of Alexander👤 Cerberos (dog)🌍 River Asopos (Sicyon)👤 Europe (Phoinician & Cretan)🌍 Thrace (N. Greece)🌍 Pallene (Chalcidice)🌍 Sithonia (Thrace)🌍 Thrambous (Chalcidice)🌍 River Brychon (Thrace)👤 Hyagnis (Phrygian)👤 Teleutas🌍 Thynias (Bithynia)🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece)👤 Seilenos🌍 Mysia (Asia Minor)🌍 the Hellespont🌍 Brygia (N. Greece)🌍 Caria (Asia Minor)🌍 Lycia (SW Asia Minor)🌍 the Black Sea🌍 the Troad🌍 Cappadocia (Pontos)🌍 Susa (Persia)🌍 Pamphylia🌍 Bithynia (Pontos)🌍 Armenia🌍 the Propontis👤 Ninos (Babylonian)👤 Ariaios🌍 Babylonia🌍 the Caspian Gates👤 Dindyme👤 Niobe (Argive)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)👤 Delas discovered melting and working of copper🌍 Spring and River Dirce (Thebes)🌍 River Ismenos (Thebes)🏛️ the House of Cadmos (Thebes)🌍 Ionia🌍 River Pactolos (Lydia)👤 Briareos👤 Olympos (Phrygian)👤 Alce (d. of Cybele)🏛️ the Road of Memnon (Persia)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.34-3.35📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.5📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.12.3📖 Homer, Iliad 2.862-2.863📖 Homer, Iliad 3.181-3.190📖 Homer, Iliad 16.712-16.725📖 Pausanias 7.17.9📖 Pausanias 7.17.9-7.17.12📖 Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite 107-154📖 Sophocles, Aias 201-240📖 Sophocles, Aias 1266-1315📖 Bacchylides, Odes 8📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 3.2 MacLeod📖 Lucian, Judgement of the Goddesses 1📖 Lucian, Menippus, or the Descent into Hades 14📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo 17-24📖 Lucian, On the Syrian Goddess 15📖 Lucian, The Dance 8📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 10📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 12📖 Diodoros, Library 3.58.1-3.58.4📖 Diodoros, Library 3.59.1-3.59.8📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 3.189📖 Diodoros, Library 5.49.1-5.49.6📖 Pomponius Mela 2.70📖 Diodoros, Library 5.64.1-5.64.7📖 Diodoros, Library 5.71.1-5.71.6📖 Diodoros, Library 3.55.4-3.55.11📖 Diodoros, Library 3.70.1-3.70.8📖 Strabo 7.7.1📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.382-6.400📖 Ovid, Ibis 507-508📖 Strabo 10.3.12📖 Strabo 10.3.13📖 Strabo 10.3.19-10.3.20📖 Strabo 15.1.6-15.1.9📖 Strabo 14.5.23-14.5.28📖 Strabo 14.5.29📖 Strabo 12.8.1📖 Strabo 12.8.3📖 Strabo 12.8.2📖 Strabo 13.1.8📖 Ovid, Amores 1.10📖 Strabo 12.8.21📖 Strabo 6.2.4📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1397-1408📖 Lucian, Parliament of the Gods 4📖 Lucian, Essays in Portraiture Defended 25⚒️ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)📖 Sophocles, Aias 514-544📖 Callimachus, Iambi 3 = fr. 193-193a Pfeiffer📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.611-8.727📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.155-10.161📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.85-11.145📖 Conon, Narrations 1📖 Diodoros, Library 2.1.1-2.3.4📖 Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis 1041-1109📖 Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis 525-589📖 Sophocles, Antigone 806-838📖 Pliny, Natural History 7.197📖 Pliny, Natural History 7.204📖 Euripides, Bacchae 1-63📖 Euripides, Bacchae 64-169📖 Eustathios, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey 1395.45-1395.55📖 Ovid, Heroides 16.213-16.378📖 Pausanias 10.31.5-10.31.7
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadPausanias Homeric Hymn 5 to AphroditeSophocles, AiasBacchylides, OdesLucian, Dialogues of the DeadLucian, Judgement of the GoddessesLucian, Menippus, or the Descent into HadesCallimachus, Hymn to ApolloLucian, On the Syrian GoddessLucian, The DancePs-Plutarch, On RiversDiodoros, LibraryD-Scholia, IliadPomponius MelaStraboOvid, MetamorphosesOvid, IbisOvid, AmoresLycophron, AlexandraLucian, Parliament of the GodsLucian, Essays in Portraiture DefendedCallimachus, IambiConon, NarrationsEuripides, Iphigenia at AulisSophocles, AntigonePliny, Natural HistoryEuripides, BacchaeEustathios, Commentary on Homer's OdysseyOvid, Heroides
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    HermesianaxHomer, IliadEphorosDionysios ScytobrachionEuripides, Bacchae PhoronisXanthos of LydiaAlcmanIbycosCtesias of Cnidos, PersicaTheophrastosHesiod, Theogony
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Hermesianax fr. 10 Lightfoot📖 Homer, Iliad 3.181-3.190📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 104📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 4 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 9 Rusten📖 Euripides, Bacchae 64-169📖 Euripides, Bacchae 1-63📖 Phoronis fr. 3 West📖 Xanthos of Lydia FGrHist 765 fr. 14📖 Alcman fr. 126 PMG📖 Ibycos fr. 322 Campbell📖 Ctesias of Cnidos, Persica fr. 1📖 Theophrastos unnumbered fragment📖 Hesiod, Theogony 617-653
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Phrygia🌍 Libya (North Africa)
    Reported to have local traditions about
    👤 Memnon🌍 Troy (Troad)🌍 Susa (Persia)🏛️ the Road of Memnon (Persia)🌍 Phrygia🌍 Lydia (Asia Minor)👤 Meion (Phrygian)👤 Dindyme👤 Cybele (goddess)🌍 Mount Cybela👤 Marsyas (Phrygian)👤 Attis👤 Apollo👤 Dionysos (Olympian)🌍 Nysa (Arabia Felix)👤 Hermes🏺 the Lyre of Apollo🏺 the Double Flute of Athena🏛️ the Cave of Dionysos (Arabia Felix)🌍 the Land of the Hyperboreans👤 Midas🌍 the Sanctuary of Cybele at Pessinous (Phrygia)🌍 River Marsyas (Phrygia)🏺 the Skin of Marsyas
    Local traditions reported by
    📖 Pausanias 10.31.5-10.31.7📖 Diodoros, Library 3.58.1-3.58.4📖 Diodoros, Library 3.59.1-3.59.8📖 Pseudo-Palaiphatos 47
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