Μυκάλη - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μυκάλη, πόλις Καρίας. Ἡρόδοτος 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.

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Text Details

Entry	#229
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 459.13
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count	63

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἡρόδοτος (Herodotus)	α̅ (1,148,1)
Τρύφων (Tryphon)	Παρωνύμιοι · fr. 86 Velsen
Σώστρατος (Sostratos)	SH 731
Δίδυμος (Didymus)	p. 358 fr. 1 Schmidt

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μυκάλη	Mykale · place · corrected · Q97201175
Καρία	Caria · place · corrected · Q193214
Γοργόνες	Gorgons · deity · corrected · Q102059
Μέδουσα	Medusa · deity · corrected · Q160730
Μυκάλη	place · explicit · wikidata: Q97201175 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Folk Etymology Narrative	It was called so because the remaining Gorgons, lamenting on the spot, summoned/lifted up the head of Medusa.
Morphological Composition	But they say it (is called) Mykale because it lies in a 'mukhē' (bay/recess) of the Carian sea.

Links

Place links	Mycalessus
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his Y"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	Χ (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:c22408ee90fd1a1e	*Translate as "X, in book Y of his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:bcd70ae781e7b205	Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.321

char LCS 67 (20.7%) · word LCS 12 (19.0%)

Stephanos

… 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.

Herodian

…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…