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title: On the Fertility of Phrygia
title_greek: Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Metrophanes Historicus
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period: Late Antique
dialect: Koine (frg)
domain: History
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# On the Fertility of Phrygia

*Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Metrophanes Historicus

**eul_wid:** `tzg-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/metrophanes-fertility-phrygia-tzg-aa)

## Text

## ΠΕΡΙ ΦΡΥΓΙΑΣ.

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Stephan. Byz.: Εὐκαρπία, δῆμος τῆς μικρᾶς Φρυγίας. Ἱστορεῖ Μητροφάνης, τὸν βότρυν ἐκεῖ τοσοῦτον γίνεσθαι τὸ μέγεθος, ὅσον ἅμαξαν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ σχισθῆναι κατὰ μέσον. Καὶ οὕτως ἐκλήθη διὰ τὸ εὔφορον.

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Περὶ αὐτῆς γὰρ οἱ βάρβαροι ἔλεγον ὅτι Δήμητρι καὶ Διονύσῳ Ζεὺς τὴν χώραν τὴν τῶν εὐκάρπων δοίη.

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