Phrygia
Americannoun
noun
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The Phrygian cap is an updated version of a conical hat worn in antiquity in places such as Persia, the Balkans, Thrace, Dacia and Phrygia, a place in modern day Turkey where the name originates.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2022
In ancient Phrygia, there was a legend that whoever could untie an infamously complicated knot between a chariot and its yoke would become the next king of Phrygia.
From Washington Times • Jan. 27, 2015
His pious wife Phrygia is Nina Kaptsova, with Svetlana Zakharova deploying her extravagant supple technique as the narcissistic Aegina.
From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2010
Generations of kings bearing his name reigned over Phrygia from the great city of Gordium,* now a desert waste 70 miles southwest of Turkey's Ankara.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was King of Phrygia, the land of roses, and he had great rose gardens near his palace.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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