Μυκαλησσός - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μυκαλησσός, πόλις μεσογεία Βοιωτίας. Θουκυδίδης ἑβδόμῃ. ἐκλήθη δὲ ὅτι ἡ βοῦς ἐνταῦθα ἐμυκήσατο ἡ τὸν Κάδμον καὶ τὸν σὺν αὐτῷ στρατὸν ἀγαγοῦσα εἰς Θήβας. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Καρίας, ὡς Ἔφορος τρίτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μυκαλήσσιος καὶ Μυκαλησσία. ἔστι καὶ ὄρος Μυκαλησσός ἐναντίον Σάμου. καὶ Μυκαλησσίς τὸ θηλυκόν.

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Text Details

Entry	#230
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 460.3
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count	46

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Θουκυδίδης (Thucydides)	ζ̅ (7,29,2)
Ἔφορος (Ephorus)	FGrHist 70 F 28

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μυκαλησσός	Mykalessos · place · corrected · Q830
Βοιωτία	Boeotia · place · corrected · Q187570
Κάδμος	Cadmus · person · corrected · Q27613
Θῆβαι	Thebes · place · corrected · Q11225429
Καρία	Caria · place · corrected · Q193214
Μυκαλήσσιος	Mykalessian (ethnic, masc.) · people
Μυκαλησσία	Mykalessian (ethnic, fem.) · people
Σάμος	Samos · place · corrected · Q13580795
Μυκαλησσίς	Mykalessis (feminine form) · place
Mykalessos in Boiotia	place · city · Boiotia · explicit · wikidata: Q125418742 · candidate
Mykalessos in Karia	place · city · Karia · explicit · wikidata: Q125418742 · candidate
Mount Mykalessos opposite Samos	place · mountain · opposite Samos / Aegean area · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Folk Etymology Narrative	It was called because a cow lowed there — the cow that was leading Cadmus and the army with him to Thebes.

Links

Place links	Mycalessus \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1534.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
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
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 1.210

char LCS 140 (57.4%) · word LCS 29 (63.0%)

Stephanos

Μυκαλησσός, πόλις μεσογεία Βοιωτίας. Θουκυδίδης ἑβδόμῃ. ἐκλήθη δὲ ὅτι ἡ βοῦς ἐνταῦθα ἐμυκήσατο ἡ τὸν Κάδμον καὶ τὸν σὺν αὐτῷ στρατὸν ἀγαγοῦσα εἰς Θήβας. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Καρίας, ὡς Ἔφορος τρίτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μυκαλήσσιος καὶ Μυκαλησσία. ἔστι καὶ ὄρος Μυκαλησσός ἐναντίον Σάμου. καὶ Μυκαλησσίς τὸ θηλυκόν.

Herodian

…εἴη. τὰ δὲ ἓν ἀναδεξάμενα 'σ' βαρύνεται, σπάνια δέ ἐστι, χωρὶς εἰ μὴ ἔννοιαν συνθέσεως ἔχοι. Ταρτησσός πόλις Ἰβηρίας ἀπὸ ποταμοῦ τοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀργυροῦ ὄρους ῥέοντος. Λυρνησσός πόλις Τρωϊκή. Λυκαβησσός. Μυκαλησσός πόλις ἐν μεσογείᾳ Βοιωτίας. Θουκυδίδης ἑβδόμῃ (c. 29). ἐκλήθη δὲ ὅτι ἡ βοῦς ἐνταῦθα ἐμυκήσατο ἡ τὸν Κάδμον καὶ τὸν σὺν αὐτῷ στρατὸν ἀγαγοῦσα εἰς Θήβας. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Καρίας, ὡς Ἔφορος τρίτῳ. ἔστι καὶ ὄρος Μυκαλησσός ἐναντίον Σάμου. Τευμησσός ὄρος Βοιωτίας. Ὅμηρος ἐν τῷ εἰς Ἀπόλλωνα ὕμνῳ (v. 224) »εἰς Μυκαλησσὸν ἰὼν καὶ Τευμησσὸν λεχεποίην«. ἄστυ, ὡς Δημοσθένης ἐν τρίτῳ Βιθυνιακῶν. ἐκλήθη δ´ οὕτως, ὡς Ἀντίμ…