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Often appears with: myth and the gods of the nations · voyages and seafaring · tribigild revolt · trade, markets, and merchants · the nature and attributes of God · spring travel · roman social visit · religious persecution and toleration · philemon and baucis · ostrogoths · nicaea · mobilization and recruitment
Usually: narrative (3) · detachment (2) · wonder (2) · commentary or gloss (1) · list or catalogue (1) · verse (1) · confronting death (1) · crisis of belief (1) · the fall of the great (1) · the stranger's arrival (1)
“The edicts of Arcadius most positively and most absurdly declares, that in such cases of treason, thoughts and actions ought to be punished with equal severity; that the knowledge of a mischievous intention, unless it be instantly revealed, becomes equally criminal with the intention itself.” Edward Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · insight
“The power of heaven is immense, and has no limits; and whatever the Gods above will, ’tis done.” Ovid, The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV · precept
Despite Arcadius’s terror laws, Tribigild’s Ostrogoth rebellion spreads through Phrygia and Asia Minor, prompting a war council, leading to defeats and maneuvering between Eutropius’s officials (Gainas, Leo) and the rebels’ demands.
17 (return) [ Zosimus, l. v. p. 300. Yet he seems to suspect that this rumor was spread by the friends of Eutropius.] The public hatred, and the despair of individuals, continually threatened, or seemed to threaten, the personal safety of Eutropius; as well as of the numerous adherents, who were attached to his fortune, and had been promoted by his venal favor. For their mutual defence, he co…
The gazetteer continues with “Ph-” entries, naming a wide range of places from Armenia and Colchis to Latium and Egypt, plus mythological and historical figures, each tied to Strabo’s book citations.
——, New, on the Enipeus, ii. 133-136, 155. Pharusii, people of Libya, i. 198; iii. 277, 280. Pharygæ, c. of Locris, ii. 127. ——, c. of Argolis, ii. 127. Pharygæa, Juno, ii. 127. Pharygium, prom. of Phocis, ii. 122. Pharziris, same as Parysatis, iii. 216. Phasēlis, t. of Lycia (*Tirikowa*), iii. 48, 49, 55. Phāsis, c. of Colchis, i. 440; ii. 225, 227, 230. ——, r. of Colchis (*Rion*), i. 71, 72, 82, 138, 457; …
Lelex, answering skepticism about divine power, tells a story set in Phrygia about Jupiter and Mercury visiting Philemon and Baucis, turning their cottage into a temple, and transforming the couple into trees.
language; and before all, Lelex, ripe in understanding and age, spoke thus: “The power of heaven is immense, and has no limits; and whatever the Gods above will, ’tis done. “And that thou mayst the less doubt {of this}, there is upon the Phrygian hills, an oak near to the lime tree, enclosed by a low wall.[83] I, myself, have seen the spot; for Pittheus sent me into the land of Pelops, once governed by his father, {…
An explanation summarizes conflicting versions of Attis’s story: Cybele’s love, Phrygian kings’ actions, Attis’s emasculation, plagues requiring funeral rites, and how Cybele’s worship led to the Galli.
EXPLANATION. The story of Attis, or Athis, here briefly referred to, is related by the ancient writers in many different ways; so much so, that it is not possible to reconcile the discrepancy that exists between them. From Diodorus Siculus we learn that Cybele, the daughter of Mæon, King of Phrygia, falling in love with a young shepherd named Attis, her father ordered him to be put to death. In despair, at…
The discussion shifts to goat shearing and regional textile uses, then ends as people separate to visit gardens and homes, prompted by a freedman warning of a holiday schedule.
comedies to dress rustic characters in goat skins, like the youth in the *Hypobolimaeus* (the Counterfeit) of Caecilius, and the old man in the *Heautontimorumenos* (the Self Tormentor) of Terence. "It is the practice to shear goats in the greater part of Phrygia because there the goats have heavy coats, of which cilicia (so called because the practice of shearing goats began in the city of that name) and other hair…
Catullus urges leaving Phrygia and Nicaea, pushing on toward Asia’s starry cities as spring returns, equinoctial winds settle, and travel energy rises.
Look! thy mansion, a sovereign Home most goodly, by him to thee (150) Given. Reign as a queen within, Hymen, O Hymenaeus, O Hymen, O Hymenaeus. 160 Still when hoary decrepitude, Shaking wintery brows benign, (155) Nods a tremulous Yes to all. Hymen, O Hymenaeus, O Hymen, O Hymenaeus. 165 With fair augury smite the bl…