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
Edition ids	Meineke 460.3 · Billerbeck Μ230
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

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…