Μυκάλη - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #229
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 459.13 | Billerbeck: Μ229
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count: 63
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Sources: Ἡρόδοτος (Herodotus) α̅ (1,148,1), Τρύφων (Tryphon) fr. 86 Velsen [Παρωνύμιοι], Σώστρατος (Sostratos) SH 731, Δίδυμος (Didymus) p. 358 fr. 1 Schmidt
Entities: Μυκάλη (Mykale) [place], Καρία (Caria) [place], Γοργόνες (Gorgons) [deity], Μέδουσα (Medusa) [deity]
Etymologies: 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.
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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.

Mykalē: a city of Caria. Herodotus, book 1. The ethnic is Mykalēsios, as Ithakēsios. But Tryphon says Mykaleus in his *Parōnymoi*. It is also said in the feminine, Mykalēsis, as in Sōstratos of Phanagoreia (SH 731). Didymus, however, says that Mykalē is a mountain. And it was so named because the remaining Gorgons, lowing on the spot, were calling back the head of Medousa. Others, however, say it is Mukhālē, since it lies in a recess of the Carian sea. Mykalē, then, is both a city and a mountain.

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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…