The sculpture’s distinctive form — at once soft and hard, taut and floppy — calls to mind a Phrygian cap. Also known as “liberty caps,” Phrygian caps can be traced back to ancient Greece ...

The mascot of the Paris Olympic Games may not seem all that mighty to those outside the host country, but that little red hat, known as a Phrygian cap (or a liberty cap), is a symbol of the French ...

Mascot creators were inspired by “the famous Phrygian cap — a symbol of freedom.” The red Olympic Phryge (pronounced FREE-juh) and Paralympic Phryge — together the Phryges — may seem ...