Μυκῆναι - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #231
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 460.9 | Billerbeck: Μ231
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count: 49
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ὅμηρος (Homer) Β 569 [Iliad]
Entities: Μυκήναι (Mycenae) [place], Πελοπόννησος (Peloponnese) [place], Μυκηνεύς (Mykeneus) [person], Σπάρτων (Sparton) [person], Φορωνεύς (Phoroneus) [person], Περσεύς (Perseus) [person], Ἑρμῆς (Hermes) [deity], Ἰώ (Io) [person], Μυκηναῖος (Mycenaean (male)) [people], Μυκηνίς (Mycenaean (female)) [people], Μυκηνεύς (Mykeneus) [people]
Etymologies: 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)
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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.

Mycenae: a city of the Peloponnese. Homer (Il. 2.569): “and those who held Mycenae.” [The name is derived] from Mykeneus, son of Spartōn, brother of Phorōneus; or from the hilt (mykēs) of the sword which Perseus wore—when it fell, at Hermes’ bidding he founded the city; or from the bellowing (mykēsasthai) of the cow Io when she came there. The citizen is Mycenaean (Mykēnaios), and the feminine [form] Mykēnis; also Mykēneus.

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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…