Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Mykale: a city of Karia. Herodotos in the first. The ethnonym Mykalesios as 'Ithakesios'. Tryphon says Mykaleus in the Paronyms. Also said in the feminine Mykalesis, as Sostratos of Phanagoreia. Didymos calls Mykale a mountain. It was named because the other Gorgons, bellowing at the birth, called up the head of Medousa. Others call it Mychale, since it lies in a recess of the Karian sea. So Mykale is both a city and a mountain.
External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
… πρώτῃ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μυκαλήσιος ὡς Ἰθακήσιος. Τρύφων δὲ Μυκαλεύς φησιν ἐν παρωνύμοις. λέγεται καὶ θηλυκῶς Μυκαλησίς, ὡς Σώστρατος ὁ Φαναγορείτης. Δίδυμος δ´ ὄρος τὴν Μυκάλην φησίν. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἐπεὶ αἱ λοιπαὶ Γοργόνες ἐπὶ τόκῳ μυκώμεναι τὴν κεφαλὴν Μεδούσης ἀνεκαλοῦντο. οἱ δὲ Μυχάλην αὐτήν φασιν, ἐπεὶ ἐν μυχῷ κεῖται τῆς Καρικῆς ἁλός. ἔστιν οὖν ἡ Μυκάλη καὶ πόλις καὶ ὄρος.
…εια, Μαντίνεια, Ἐρύθεια, Ζέλεια, ἀφ´ οὗ κατὰ συναλοιφὴν ἐγένετο ὡς Ἀγάμμη, Μαντίνη, Ζέλη, Ἐρύθη. Μυκάλη πόλις Καρίας. Ἡρόδοτος πρώτῃ (c. 148). Δίδυμος δ´ ὄρος τὴν Μυκάλην φησίν. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἐπεὶ αἱ λοιπαὶ Γοργόνες ἐπ´ οἴκτῳ μυκώμεναι τὴν κεφαλὴν Μεδούσης ἀνεκαλοῦντο. οἱ δὲ Μυχάλην αὐτήν φασιν, ἐπεὶ ἐν μέσῳ κεῖται τῆς Καρικῆς ἁλός. Πατάλη πόλις Ἰνδική, ἣ καὶ Πάταλα λέγεται, Πετάλη, Μυρτάλη. Ἀρβουκάλη πόλις μεγίστη τῶν ἐντὸς Ἴβηρος ποταμοῦ, ἣν μόλις εἷλεν Ἀννίβας, ὡς Πολύβιος τρίτῃ. Σφενδάλη δῆμος Ἱπποθοωντίδος φυλῆς. Με…