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The Phrygians ( Greek: Φρύγες, Phruges or Phryges) were an ancient Indo-European speaking people who inhabited central-western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) in antiquity. Ancient Greek authors used "Phrygian" as an umbrella term to describe a vast ethno-cultural complex located mainly in the central areas of Anatolia rather than a name of ...
Unlike the Hittite and Luwian religions, the Phrygian pantheon was headed by a feminine deity, [49] a goddess Matar who was associated with mountains and wild animals and was given the epithet of Kubeleya or Kubileya [50] with the full name Matar Kubeleya thus meaning lit. 'Mother of the Mountain Peaks'. [51]
Apr 1, 2021 · The Phrygians, who lived in Anatolia around 3,500 years ago, knew her as Kybele, while the Greeks used the names Rhea, Artemis and Aphrodite. The Ancient Egyptians and Sumerians worshipped Isis...
Jan 21, 2017 · In Phrygia, no records remain concerning her cult and worship, though there are numerous statues of overweight, seated women that archaeologists believe represent Cybele. Often she is also portrayed giving birth, indicative of her Mother Goddess status.
- Riley Winters
Sep 5, 2019 · Phrygia was the name of an ancient Anatolian kingdom (12th-7th century BCE) and, following its demise, the term was then applied to the general geographical area it once covered in the western plateau of Asia Minor. With its capital at Gordium and a culture which curiously mixed Anatolian, Greek, and Near Eastern elements, one of the kingdom's ...
- Mark Cartwright
Mar 25, 2024 · Phrygia, ancient district in west-central Anatolia, named after a people whom the Greeks called Phryges and who dominated Asia Minor between the Hittite collapse (12th century bc) and the Lydian ascendancy (7th century bc). The Phrygians, perhaps of Thracian origin, settled in northwestern Anatolia
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The Phrygians were the people settled in Iron Age Phrygia, defined by a shared language and culture. They are called Phrygian today after the name given them by the Greeks (Φρύξ, Φρυγός, “Phrygian”).
