Μυσία - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #260
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 464.21 | Billerbeck: Μ260
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count: 18
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Μυσία (Mysia) [place], Λυδοί (Lydians) [people], Μυσοί (Mysians) [people], Μυσοί (Mysians) [people], Μυσάδιος (Mysadios (Aeolic form)) [other]
Etymologies: Folk Etymology Narrative: But the Lydians say that 'muson' (Mysia) is from 'oxys' (ὀξύ), i.e. 'sharp' — a Lydian explanation of the name's origin.; Morphological Composition: They are also called 'Mysoi' and 'Mysioi' (alternative forms of the ethnonym/name).; Morphological Composition: And 'Mysadios' in Aeolic (a dialectal/derivative form of the name).
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Μυσία, χώρα καὶ πόλις. Λυδοὶ δὲ τὴν ὀξύην μυσόν φασι. λέγονται καὶ Μυσοί καὶ Μύσιοι καὶ Μυσάδιος αἰολικῶς.

Mysia: a region and a city. The Lydians say that *mysos* means “a sharp (spear-point).” They are also called *Mysōi* and *Mysioi*, and, in Aeolic, *Mysadyios*.

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char LCS 36 (42.4%) · word LCS 9 (50.0%)

Stephanos

Μυσία, χώρα καὶ πόλις. Λυδοὶ δὲ τὴν ὀξύην μυσόν φασι. λέγονται καὶ Μυσοί καὶ Μύσιοι καὶ Μυσάδιος αἰολικῶς.

Herodian

…μισε τοῦ πατρὸς Μίνω διώκοντος αὐτήν. ἔοικε οὖν Διονυσία εἶναι καὶ κατὰ παραφθορὰν Δονουσία. Μασσία χώρα παρακειμένη τοῖς Ταρτησσίοις. Ἑκατησία· οὕτως ἡ Ἰδριὰς πόλις ἐκαλεῖτο Καρίας. Μολοσσία ἡ χώρα τῆς Ἠπείρου. Μυσία ἡ χώρα καὶ πόλις. Λυδοὶ δὲ τὴν ὀξύην μυσόν φασι. Νικασία νησίδιον μικρὸν πλησίον Νάξου. Παρρασία πόλις Ἀρκαδίας. Ὅμηρος (Β 608) «Στύμφηλόν τ´ εἶχον καὶ Παρρασίην ἐνέμοντο» ἀπὸ Παρράσου ἑνὸς τῶν Λυκάονος παίδων. Χάραξ δὲ κτίσμα Πελασγοῦ ἐν πρώτῳ χρονικῶν οὕτως «Πελασγ…