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DINDYMA

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orum, (Virgil,) from Dindymus, i.; a mountain allotted by many to Phrygia. Strabo has two mountains of this name; one in Myssia near Cyzicus: the other in Gallogrecia near Pessinus; and none in Phrygia. Ptolemy extends this ridge from the borders of Troas, through Phrygia, to Gallogrecia: though therefore there were two mountains called Dindymus in particular, both sacred to the mother of the gods, and none of them in Phrygia Major; yet there might be several hills and eminences in it, on which this goddess was worshipped, and therefore called Dindyma in general. Hence Cybele is surnamed Dindymane, (Horace).