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5.41 CHAP. 41.—PHRYGIA.

Phrygia lies above Troas, and the peoples already men-

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tioned as extending from the Promontory of Lectum [Note] to the river Etheleus. On its northern side it borders upon Galatia, on the south it joins Lyeaonia, Pisidia, and Mygdonia, and, on the east, it touches upon Cappadocia. The more celebrated towns there, besides those already mentioned, are Ancyra [Note], Andria, Celænæ [Note], Colossæ [Note], Carina [Note], Cotyaion [Note], Ceraine, Conium, and Midaium. There are authors who say that the Mœsi, the Brygi, and the Thyni crossed over from Europe, and that from them are descended the peoples called the Mysi, Phryges, and Bithyni.



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