Phrygia was a daughter of Cecrops, from whom the country of Phrygia was believed to have derived its name.[1]
Phrygia is also an epithet for Cybele, as the goddess who was worshipped above all others in Phrygia,[2] and as a surname of Athena on account of the Palladium which was brought from Hellespontine Phrygia.[3]
Phrygia was also a feminine personal name attested in ancient Athens, since ca. 500 BC[4][5]
Phrygia is the name of Spartacus’ wife in Aram Kachaturian’s 1954 ballet Spartacus.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Phrygia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.