The Phrygians

Reading notes

• The Loves §1.10 Phrygian ships

  Phrygian (Trojan) vessels; Paris carried Helen to Troy in them.

• The Heroides §1 Phrygian

  Of Phrygia in Asia Minor, used loosely for Trojan; the plain is 'fat with Phrygian blood.'

• The Heroides §5 the Phrygian woods

  The Trojan (Phrygian) forests of Ida where Oenone is most renowned.

• The Heroides §5 Phrygian blood

  Trojan blood; Cassandra foresees how much the ship of Helen will cost Troy.

• The Heroides §7 Phrygian deceit

  Trojan (Phrygian) treachery; Dido foresees herself driven to death by Aeneas's broken word.

• The Heroides §8 the wealth of Phrygia

  Trojan (Phrygian) riches consumed by Greek fire at the sack of Troy.

• The Heroides §13 the wealth of Phrygia

  Trojan (Phrygian) riches; Paris came laden with gold and power.

• The Heroides §16 the Phrygian brides

  The Trojan (Phrygian) daughters-in-law, too many for Paris's halls.

• The Heroides §17 the Phrygian race

  The Trojans, whose ancestry Paris vaunts and Helen dismisses as barbarian.

• The Heroides §17 the Phrygians

  Paris's Trojan crew, already rigging his sails for home.

• Metamorphoses §13.395 Phrygian race

  The Phrygians, i.e. the Trojans and their neighbors.