place
Mygdonia
also: Mygdonian
A district of Phrygia famed for its marble; the caves seemed to Sappho like Mygdonian marble.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §15 Mygdonian marble
Marble of Mygdonia in Phrygia; the rough caves seemed such to the love-struck Sappho.
- The Heroides §20 the Mygdonian ground
The Phrygian (Mygdonian) land where the petrified Niobe still stands and weeps.