Μυκαλησσός - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #230
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 460.3 | Billerbeck: Μ230
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count: 46
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Θουκυδίδης (Thucydides) ζ̅ (7,29,2), Ἔφορος (Ephorus) FGrHist 70 F 28
Entities: Μυκαλησσός (Mykalessos) [place], Βοιωτία (Boeotia) [place], Κάδμος (Cadmus) [person], Θῆβαι (Thebes) [place], Καρία (Caria) [place], Μυκαλήσσιος (Mykalessian (ethnic, masc.)) [people], Μυκαλησσία (Mykalessian (ethnic, fem.)) [people], Σάμος (Samos) [place], Μυκαλησσίς (Mykalessis (feminine form)) [place]
Etymologies: Folk Etymology Narrative: It was called because a cow lowed there — the cow that was leading Cadmus and the army with him to Thebes.
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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.

Mykalēssos: an inland city of Boeotia. Thucydides, book 7. It was so called because the cow bellowed (emykēsato) there—the one that led Kadmos and the army with him to Thebes. There is also another (Mykalēssos) in Caria, as Ephoros, book 3. The ethnic (demonym) is Mykalēssios, and (fem.) Mykalēssia; there is also a mountain Mykalēssos opposite Samos. And Mykalēssis is the feminine form.

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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…