- Source: Phrygian slave
Various ancient figures are referred to as Phrygian slaves, or even the Phrygian slave:
Aesop, 6th century BCE, the putative author of Aesop's fables
A character in Euripides' Orestes (play), 5th century BCE
Daos, 4th century BCE, a character in Aspis (Menander) and other plays of Menander
Saint Onesimus, 1st century CE, a slave of Philemon of Colossae (Phrygia)
Epictetus, 1-2nd century CE, a philosopher