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Definition of Phrygian stone

Phrygian stone
Phrygian Phryg"i*an, a. [L. Phrygius, Gr. ?, fr. ? Phrygia, a country of Asia Minor.] Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants. Phrygian mode (Mus.), one of the ancient Greek modes, very bold and vehement in style; -- so called because fabled to have been invented by the Phrygian Marsyas. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). Phrygian stone, a light, spongy stone, resembling a pumice, -- used by the ancients in dyeing, and said to be drying and astringent.

Meaning of Phrygian stone from wikipedia

- The Phrygian language (/ˈfrɪdʒiən/ ) was the Indo-European language of the Phrygians, spoken in Anatolia (modern Turkey), during classical antiquity (c...
- In medicine, a Phrygian cap is the folded portion of some gallbladders that resembles the Phrygian cap (a soft conical cap with the top pulled forward...
- whom many myths became ****ociated, as well as two later members of the Phrygian royal house. His father was Gordias, and his mother was Cybele. The most...
- Cybele (/ˈsɪbəliː/ SIB-ə-lee; Phrygian: Matar Kubileya, Kubeleya "Kubeleya Mother", perhaps "Mountain Mother"; Lydian Kuvava; Gr****: Κυβέλη Kybélē, Κυβήβη...
- Gordion (Phrygian: Gordum; Gr****: Γόρδιον, romanized: Górdion; Turkish: Gordion or Gordiyon; Latin: Gordium) was the capital city of ancient Phrygia. It...
- watermill originated in the Eastern Mediterranean. An inscription from the Phrygian town of Orcistus, which praised the advantages of its site in order to...
- the fourth century BC, there appear to have been at least three more, Phrygian, Erythraean, and ****espontine. By the first century BC, there were at...
- textbooks often grouped it also with Illyrian or Phrygian. The belief that Thracian was close to Phrygian is no longer po****r and has mostly been discarded...
- sometimes spear or lance, surmounted by a "cap of liberty", mostly of the Phrygian cap. The symbol originated in the immediate aftermath of the ********ination...
- analysis, it is known as a Phrygian II, since in minor scales the chord is built on the notes of the corresponding Phrygian mode. Although it is sometimes...