Μυκῆναι - Stephanos Ethnika

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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.

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Text Details

Entry	#231
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Edition ids	Meineke 460.9 · Billerbeck Μ231
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count	49

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ὅμηρος (Homer)	Iliad · Β 569

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μυκήναι	Mycenae · place · corrected · Q6012680
Πελοπόννησος	Peloponnese · place
Μυκηνεύς	Mykeneus · person
Σπάρτων	Sparton · person · corrected · Q115484947
Φορωνεύς	Phoroneus · person · corrected · Q649624
Περσεύς	Perseus · person · corrected · Q130832
Ἑρμῆς	Hermes · deity · corrected · Q41484
Ἰώ	Io · person · corrected · Q179014
Μυκηναῖος	Mycenaean (male) · people
Μυκηνίς	Mycenaean (female) · people
Μυκηνεύς	Mykeneus · people
Μυκῆναι	place · explicit · wikidata: Q132564 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	from Mykeneus, the brother of Sparton (son of Phoroneus) — i.e. named after the eponymous person Mykeneus
Folk Etymology Narrative	or from the sheath (mukētos) of the sword which Perseus wore; when it fell, by Hermes' command he founded the city (i.e. named from the sword's sheath)
Folk Etymology Narrative	or from the lowing (mukēsasthai) of the cow Io which occurred there (i.e. named from the cow's lowing)

Links

Place links	Mycenae \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	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 1.331

char LCS 75 (30.4%) · word LCS 15 (31.2%)

Stephanos

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.

Herodian

…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…