Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Mykenai: a city of the Peloponnese. Homer: "those who held Mykenai". From Mykeneus the son of Sparton, the brother of Phoroneus; or from the 'mykes' of the sword which Perseus carried, which having fallen, at the command of Hermes he founded the city; or from Io having lowed, being a cow there. The citizen Mykenaios and feminine Mykenis. And Mykeneus.
External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Μυκῆναι, πόλις Πελοποννήσου. Ὅμηρος “οἳ δὲ Μυκήνας εἶχον”. ἀπὸ Μυκηνέως τοῦ Σπάρτωνος τοῦ Φορωνέως ἀδελφοῦ· ἢ ἀπὸ μύκητος τοῦ ξίφους ὃ ἐφόρει Περσεύς, οὗ πεσόντος κατὰ κέλευσιν Ἑρμοῦ τὴν πόλιν ἔκτισεν· ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ μυκήσασθαι τὴν Ἰὼ βοῦν ἐκεῖ γενομένην. ὁ πολίτης Μυκηναῖος καὶ θηλυκὸν Μυκηνίς. καὶ Μυκηνεύς.
…ς ὁ ποταμός. μέμνηται δὲ πόλεως Παυσανίας (I 33, 4 e. g.), κέκληται δὲ ἀπὸ Συήνου Ἀετοῦ παιδός. Φιδήνη πόλις Ἀλβανῶν. ἔοικε καὶ Φίδηνα λέγεσθαι ὡς Ῥάβεννα. Μυκῆναι πόλις Πελοποννήσου. Ὅμηρος «οἳ δὲ Μυκήνας εἶχον (Β 569) ἀπὸ Μυκηνέως τοῦ Σπάρτωνος τοῦ Φορωνέως ἀδελφοῦ. ἢ ἀπὸ μύκητος τοῦ ξίφους, ὃ ἐφόρει Περσεύς, ἔνθα κρατεῖ τις, οὗ πεσόντος ἐκ Περσέως κατὰ κέλευσιν Ἑρμοῦ τὴν πόλιν ἔκτισεν. ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ μυκήσασθαι τὴν Ἰὼ βοῦν ἐκεῖ γενομένην. Πελλήνη πόλις Ἀχαΐας. λέγεται καὶ Πελλίνα ὡς Μιτυλίνα. Πριήνη πόλις Ἰωνίας. Πυλήνη πόλις Α…