On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Phrygia. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Phrygia meaning
A geographic region and ancient kingdom in the west central part of Asia Minor, in what is now modern-day Turkey.
Synonyms of Phrygia
Using Phrygia
- The main meaning on this page is: A geographic region and ancient kingdom in the west central part of Asia Minor, in what is now modern-day Turkey.
- Useful related words include: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region.
- In the example corpus, phrygia often appears in combinations such as: of phrygia, and phrygia, in phrygia.
Context around Phrygia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Phrygia
- In this selection, "phrygia" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, elam, eastern, gave, home and urartu stand out and add context to how "phrygia" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cities of phrygia and anatolians from phrygia and of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "phrygia" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with phrygia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Phrygia was by that time a Lydian subject. (8 words)
The Gauls invaded eastern Phrygia on at least one occasion. (10 words)
The whole region from Phrygia to the Indus was subject to Seleucus. (12 words)
After the Persian conquest the River Maeander was regarded as its southern boundary, and during imperial Roman times Lydia comprised the country between Mysia and Caria on the one side and Phrygia and the Aegean Sea on the other. (39 words)
This view has been supported in that the entire war includes the landing in Mysia (and Telephus' wounding), Achilles's campaigns in the North Aegean and Telamonian Ajax's campaigns in Thrace and Phrygia. (34 words)
Assyria, with its stable monarchy, powerful army and secure borders was in a stronger position during this time than potential rivals such as Egypt, Babylonia, Elam, Phrygia, Urartu, Persia and Media. (31 words)
Example sentences (16)
As part of his reward, the king of Phrygia gave him a cow and asked him to found a city wherever the cow decided to lay down.
The stone tells the story of King Hartapu’s conquest of the nearby kingdom of Muska, better known as Phrygia – home to King Midas.
Acts of the Apostles records Paul traveling to the "region of Galatia and Phrygia ", which lies immediately west of Galatia.
After the Persian conquest the River Maeander was regarded as its southern boundary, and during imperial Roman times Lydia comprised the country between Mysia and Caria on the one side and Phrygia and the Aegean Sea on the other.
Apollo flayed Marsyas alive in a cave near Celaenae in Phrygia for his hubris to challenge a god.
Assyria, with its stable monarchy, powerful army and secure borders was in a stronger position during this time than potential rivals such as Egypt, Babylonia, Elam, Phrygia, Urartu, Persia and Media.
Gregory, p. 225 The family of Michael III were Anatolians from Phrygia and of Greek speech and culture, though originally of the Melchisedechian heretical faith.
Hellenization never fully took root in Phrygia, unlike many of the surrounding Eastern regions of the Roman Empire.
In Larissa en route he was hired to write an epitaph for the tomb of Midas, deceased king of Phrygia.
Jerome, Commentary on the Epistle to Titus 3:13 Less probable traditions assign to him the bishop of Duras, or of Iconium in Phrygia, or of Caesarea.
New York: Oxford University Press. 2005 Writing in the 4th century BC, Xenophon refers to Colossae as one of six large cities of Phrygia.
Phrygia was by that time a Lydian subject.
The Gauls invaded eastern Phrygia on at least one occasion.
The whole region from Phrygia to the Indus was subject to Seleucus.
This view has been supported in that the entire war includes the landing in Mysia (and Telephus' wounding), Achilles's campaigns in the North Aegean and Telamonian Ajax's campaigns in Thrace and Phrygia.
Writing in the 4th century BC, Xenophon refers to Colossae as one of six large cities of Phrygia.
Common combinations with phrygia
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of phrygia 4×
- and phrygia 3×
- in phrygia 3×
- phrygia and 2×
- from phrygia 2×