Given that the Wikipedia article on XPG (Phrygian) notes that known inscriptions of the language seem fairly close to the reconstructed PIE (Proto Indo-European), poetically at least it seems maybe Psammetichus's experiment wasn't far off.
Cf. forbidden experiment.
Phrygian word for bread. 1st word in tale related by Herodotus (Histories 2.9)
Given that the Wikipedia article on XPG (Phrygian) notes that known inscriptions of the language seem fairly close to the reconstructed PIE (Proto Indo-European), poetically at least it seems maybe Psammetichus's experiment wasn't far off.
Cf. forbidden experiment.
Phrygian word for bread. 1st word in tale related by Herodotus (Histories 2.9)