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Phrygian

ˈfrɪʤiən
WordNet
Head of an old man in a Phrygian cap, in profile. A large growth in his neck.
Head of an old man in a Phrygian cap, in profile. A large growth in his neck.
  1. (n) Phrygian
    a Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient inhabitants of Phrygia and now extinct--preserved only in a few inscriptions
  2. (n) Phrygian
    a native or inhabitant of Phrygia
Illustrations
Classic bust of a man with a Phrygian cap on his head. The print is part of an album with a series of prints after the sculptures in Gerard Reynst's collection.
Classic bust of a man with a Phrygian cap on his head. The print is part of an album with a series of prints after the sculptures in Gerard Reynst's collection.
Bust of the Phrygian Sibyl. She holds an olive branch in her right hand and a sword in her left. The scene is contained in a medallion with a Latin border inscription. Underneath the picture a six-line caption in Latin. Around a frame with flowers, including columbine. Print is part of an album.
Bust of the Phrygian Sibyl. She holds an olive branch in her right hand and a sword in her left. The scene is contained in a medallion with a Latin border inscription. Underneath the picture a six-line caption in Latin. Around a frame with flowers, including columbine. Print is part of an album.
The Phrygian Sibyl sits on a tree trunk. A book lies open on her knees. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a ten-part series on the Sibyls.
The Phrygian Sibyl sits on a tree trunk. A book lies open on her knees. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a ten-part series on the Sibyls.
Phrygian Sibyl, standing in front of a passage in a rock face. She is holding a small book in her hand. Under the print six lines of verse in Latin.
Phrygian Sibyl, standing in front of a passage in a rock face. She is holding a small book in her hand. Under the print six lines of verse in Latin.
Bust of the Phrygian Sibyl. She holds an olive branch in her left hand and a sword in her right. The scene is contained in a medallion with a Latin border inscription. In the margin a six-line caption in Latin. Print from a series with the twelve sibils.
Bust of the Phrygian Sibyl. She holds an olive branch in her left hand and a sword in her right. The scene is contained in a medallion with a Latin border inscription. In the margin a six-line caption in Latin. Print from a series with the twelve sibils.
Phrygian Sibyl. In the background the depiction of Christ's appearance and the Entry into Jerusalem. Print marked top right: Pag: 783.
Phrygian Sibyl. In the background the depiction of Christ's appearance and the Entry into Jerusalem. Print marked top right: Pag: 783.
Allegorical performance in which Courage (Courage), dressed in chyton and with a phrygian cap on his head, takes an oath of allegiance to the Fatherland (Patrie). He is crowned with a laurel wreath by the Triumph. Behind him is the Liberty (La Liberté) or the Marianne on a carved throne. Behind the allegory of the Fatherland, two female figures sacrifice at the altar of the Fatherland (Autel de la Patrie) and a naked youth blows the horn. Surrounded by an ornamental frame.
Allegorical performance in which Courage (Courage), dressed in chyton and with a phrygian cap on his head, takes an oath of allegiance to the Fatherland (Patrie). He is crowned with a laurel wreath by the Triumph. Behind him is the Liberty (La Liberté) or the Marianne on a carved throne. Behind the allegory of the Fatherland, two female figures sacrifice at the altar of the Fatherland (Autel de la Patrie) and a naked youth blows the horn. Surrounded by an ornamental frame.
The Phrygian Sibyl looks up where Christ appears victorious on a cloud. He is holding a banner with a cross on it and resting his foot on a globe. He is accompanied by angels with trumpets. Underneath the scene a caption in Latin. This print is part of an album.
The Phrygian Sibyl looks up where Christ appears victorious on a cloud. He is holding a banner with a cross on it and resting his foot on a globe. He is accompanied by angels with trumpets. Underneath the scene a caption in Latin. This print is part of an album.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Phrygian
    (Eccl. Hist) A Montanist.
  2. Phrygian
    A native or inhabitant of Phrygia.
  3. Phrygian
    Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. Phrygian
    Pertain ing to Phrygia, an ancient province or country in the interior of Asia Minor, or to the Phry gians.
  2. (n) Phrygian
    A native or an inhabitant of Phrygia.
  3. (n) Phrygian
    In ecclesiastical history, same as Montanist.
  4. (n) Phrygian
    An ancient language spoken in Phrygia, of which no record remains except some isolated words and proper names preserved in Greek literature. Upon these evidences the language is now classed as one of the Indo-European family.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (adj) Phrygian
    frij′i-an pertaining to Phrygia in Asia Minor, or to the Phrygians
  2. (n) Phrygian
    a native of Phrygia: a Montanist
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary L. Phrygius, Gr. , fr. Phrygia, a country of Asia Minor

Usage in the news

WHEN John Adams cruised onto listeners' radar screens in 1980, with his "Shaker Loops" and "Phrygian Gates" (both composed in 1977), on an LP from the small, now defunct label 1750 Arch, three things were immediately apparent. nytimes.com

Usage in literature

I spend my life-tide couch't beneath high-towering Phrygian peaks? "The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus" by Caius Valerius Catullus

The stranger was dressed in the Phrygian cap, and simple garb of a Sicilian mariner. "The Pirate of the Mediterranean" by W.H.G. Kingston

Marsyas was the son of Hyagnis, the inventor of a peculiar kind of flute, and of the Phrygian measure. "The Metamorphoses of Ovid" by Publius Ovidius Naso

Dares the Phrygian, 128 ff., 134, 297, 299. "A Literary History of the English People" by Jean Jules Jusserand

Kept closely under control, the Phrygian worship led an obscure existence until the establishment of the empire. "The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism" by Franz Cumont

O right Phrygian women, not even Phrygian men! "The Aeneid of Virgil" by Virgil

Nor do the Phrygians experience at small expense of blood what the Grecian right hand can do. "The Metamorphoses of Ovid" by Publius Ovidius Naso

The names 'Lydian,' 'Phrygian,' &c., look like Pagan. "Cardinal Newman as a Musician" by Edward Bellasis

The philologist, his embroidered vests, Corinthian vases, and Phrygian marble. "The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810" by Various

The Phrygian practice of excision was regarded, probably, as a sacrifice. "Introduction to the History of Religions" by Crawford Howell Toy

Usage in poetry
As the shepherd stood before them
Trembling in the Phrygian dell,
Even so my soul and being
Owned the magic of the spell;
"The Buried Flower" by William Edmondstoune Aytoun Author object (700)
Rouse up thy self, my gentle Muse,
Though now our green conceits be gray,
And yet once more do not refuse
To take thy Phrygian Harp, and play
In honour of this chearful Day.
"An Ode To The King, At His Returning From Scotland To The Queen, After His Coronation There" by Sir Henry Wotton Author object (616)
Her influence taught the Phrygian sage
A tyrant master's wanton rage
With settled smiles to meet;
Inur'd to toil and bitter bread
He bow'd his meek submitted head,
And kiss'd thy sainted feet.
"Hymn To Content" by Anna Laetitia Aikin Barbauld
And you also follow him 'neath Phrygian pine shade:
Thyrsis and Daphnis upon whittled reeds,
And how ten sins can corrupt young maidens;
Kids for a bribe and pressed udders,
Happy selling poor loves for cheap apples.
"Homage To Sextus Propertius - XII" by Ezra Pound Author object (202)