Phyrgians did not originate in anatolia, they went to anatolia from the balkans. they arrived there in the early iron age, I doubt that dardanians and Phygians where ever neighbours .
Phygians where involved in wars against the Lidians circa 500BC
i will check hittite paers to see if they noted the phygians in their time in Anatolia
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i agree with you on the seal
Thats what I said, phrygians went to anatolia from the balkans. Phrygians are mentioned as being right there alongisde the rest of them during the Trojan war, the same time as Dardanians and Mysians.
It seems weird to argue that Phrygians went to Anatolia but Dardanians didn't, despite all having their correlates in the Balkans.
And Phorcys and godlike Ascanius led the Phrygians from afar, from Ascania, and were eager to fight in the press of battle (Homer, the Iliad, 2.856 - ca. 700 BCE )
Ere now have I journeyed to the land of Phrygia, rich in vines, and there I saw in multitudes the Phrygian warriors, masters of glancing steeds, even the people of Otreus and godlike Mygdon, that were then encamped along the banks of Sangarius (Homer, the Iliad, 3.181 - ca. 700 BCE )
Verily thou wilt lead me yet further on to one of the well-peopled cities of Phrygia or lovely Maeonia, if there too there be some one of mortal men who is dear to thee, seeing that now Menelaus hath conquered goodly Alexander, and is minded to lead hateful me to his home (Homer, the Iliad, 3.381 - ca. 700 BCE )
And towards Thymbre fell the lot of the Lycians and the lordly Mysians, and the Phrygians that fight from chariots and the Maeonians, lords of chariots (Homer, the Iliad, 10.412 - ca. 700 BCE )
And while he pondered thus there drew nigh to him Phoebus Apollo in the likeness of a young man and a strong, even of Asius, that was uncle to horse-taming Hector, and own brother to Hecabe, but son of Dymas, that dwelt in Phrygia by the streams of Sangarius (Homer, the Iliad, 16.698 - ca. 700 BCE )
Of old all mortal men were wont to tell of Priam's city, for its wealth of gold, its wealth of bronze; but now are its goodly treasures perished from its homes, and lo, possessions full many have been sold away to Phrygia and lovely Maeonia, since great Zeus waxed wroth (Homer, the Iliad, 18.270 - ca. 700 BCE )
'And of thee, old sire, we hear that of old thou wast blest; how of all that toward the sea Lesbos, the seat of Macar, encloseth, and
Phrygia in the upland, and the boundless Hellespont, over all these folk, men say, thou, old sire, wast preeminent by reason of thy wealth and thy sons (Homer, the Iliad, 24.525 - ca. 700 BCE )