The Dark Age of Greece The Allies of Priam | Immanuel Velikovsky[snip] Phrygians are named as allies of Priam; also Ethiopians are counted among his allies. The identification of both these nations carries indications as to the century to which the most famous war of ancient times needs to be ascribed.
Of the Phrygians it is told that their origin stems from Thrace, north of Macedonia, west of the Hellespont. The time of their migration to Asia Minor is not known. No Phrygian antiquities from before the first half of the eighth century have been found... It seems that in one of the earliest waves of the eighth century migrations the Phrygians moved from Thrace over the Hellespont to Asia Minor...
Altogether the Phrygian kingdom in Asia Minor had a short duration. Already the Körte brothers, the early excavators of Gordion, noted that of the royal mounds (kurgans) only three could be dated before the Cimmerian invasion of the early seventh century which put an end to the Phrygian kingdom, and probably the number of royal successions did not exceed this number. Little is known of its history besides the fact that ca. -687 Gordion was overrun by the Cimmerians. [/snip]New Light on the Dark Age of Greece The Trojans and their Allies | Jan Sammer[snip] The Phrygian kingdom in Asia Minor had an ephemeral existence. As we saw, no Phrygian presence can be recognized in the archaeology till the beginning or even the middle of the eighth century -- and soon after the start of the seventh, about the year -676, the Phrygian kingdom was destroyed in the catastrophic Cimmerian invasion. This is also when Midas met his end and his capital Gordion was burned to the ground. Of the royal tumuli (kurgans) excavated by the Körte brothers, only three are antecedent to the Cimmerian invasion; this suggests that not more than three generations of kings reigned in Gordion from its founding to its destruction. [/snip]
Any idea on how mutually intelligible phrygian was with ionian greek?