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Entry #262
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 465.5 | Billerbeck: Μ262
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count: 51
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 140 [Εὐρώπῃ], Καλλίμαχος (Callimachus) Aet. fr. 111 Harder = fr. 111 Pfeiffer [Aetia (Aἴτια)], Παρθένιος (Parthenios) fr. 48 Lightfoot = SH 660
Entities: Μυτιλήνη (Mytilene) [place], Μυτιλήνη (Mytilene) [place], Λέσβος (Lesbos) [place], Λέσβος (Lesbos) [place], Μάκαρος (Macar/Macareus) [person], Πέλοψ/Πέλοπος (Pelops) [person], Μυτίλης (Mytilus (eponymous founder)) [person], Μύτων (Myton (son of Poseidon)) [person], Ποσειδῶν (Poseidon) [deity], Μυτωνίδα (Mytonida (alternate name for Lesbos)) [place], Μύτωνες (Mytones (people)) [people], Μυτωναῖοι (Mytonaeans (people)) [people], Μυτιληναῖοι (Mytilenaeans (people)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: From Mytilene, the daughter of Macar or Pelops.; Eponym Person: Others say that Mytilus was the founder.; Eponym Person: Others (derive it) from Myton, son of Poseidon, and Mytilene.; Morphological Composition: Whence Callimachus calls Lesbos 'Mytonida'; Parthenius likewise calls the Lesbian (things) 'Mytonidas'.
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Μυτιλήνη, πόλις ἐν Λέσβῳ μεγίστη. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἀπὸ Μυτιλήνης τῆς Μάκαρος ἢ Πέλοπος θυγατρός. οἱ δὲ ὅτι Μυτίλης ἦν ὁ οἰκιστής. οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ Μύτωνος τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος καὶ Μυτιλήνης. ὅθεν Μυτωνίδα καλεῖ τὴν Λέσβον Καλλίμαχος ἐν τῷ τετάρτῳ, Παρθένιος δὲ Μυτωνίδας τὰς Λεσβικάς φησι. λέγονται καὶ Μύτωνες καὶ Μυτωναῖοι καὶ Μυτιληναῖος.

Mytilēnē: a city on Lesbos, the largest. Hekataios in the *Europa*. [So called] from Mytilēnē, daughter of Makareus or of Pelops. Others [say] that Mytilēs was the *oikistēs* (founder). Others [derive it] from Mytōn, son of Poseidōn, and Mytilēnē. Hence Callimachus in book 4 [of the *Aetia*] calls Lesbos “Mytōnis”, and Parthenios says that the Lesbian [women] are “Mytōnids.” They are also called Mytōnes and Mytōnaioi and Mytilēnaios.

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Herodian 1.332

char LCS 126 (46.8%) · word LCS 22 (43.1%)

Stephanos

Μυτιλήνη, πόλις ἐν Λέσβῳ μεγίστη. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἀπὸ Μυτιλήνης τῆς Μάκαρος ἢ Πέλοπος θυγατρός. οἱ δὲ ὅτι Μυτίλης ἦν ὁ οἰκιστής. οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ Μύτωνος τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος καὶ Μυτιλήνης. ὅθεν Μυτωνίδα καλεῖ τὴν Λέσβον Καλλίμαχος ἐν τῷ τετάρτῳ, Παρθένιος δὲ Μυτωνίδας τὰς Λεσβικάς φησι. λέγονται καὶ Μύτωνες καὶ Μυτωναῖοι καὶ Μυτιληναῖος.

Herodian

…αι σατράπης. ἡ δὲ χώρα ἧς ἐπῆρχε Χολοβητηνὴ ὀνομάζεται«. Ἀραξηνή ἡ χώρα. τὸ δὲ Μιτυλήνη, βαρύνεται. ἔστι δὲ πόλις ἐν Λέσβῳ μεγίστη. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἀπὸ Μυτιλήνης τῆς Μάκαρος ἢ Πέλοπος θυγατρός. οἱ δὲ ὅτι Μυτίλης ἦν ὁ κτιστής. οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ Μύτωνος τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος καὶ Μυτιλήνης· ὅθεν Μυτωνίδα καλεῖ τὴν Λέσβον Καλλίμαχος ἐν τῷ τετάρτῳ, Παρθένιος δὲ Μυτωνίδας τὰς Λεσβικάς φησιν. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Μυτιλήνη. καὶ τὸ

Herodian 1.96

char LCS 42 (15.6%) · word LCS 7 (13.7%)

Stephanos

…νη, πόλις ἐν Λέσβῳ μεγίστη. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἀπὸ Μυτιλήνης τῆς Μάκαρος ἢ Πέλοπος θυγατρός. οἱ δὲ ὅτι Μυτίλης ἦν ὁ οἰκιστής. οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ Μύτωνος τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος καὶ Μυτιλήνης. ὅθεν Μυτωνίδα καλεῖ τὴν Λέσβον Καλλίμαχος ἐν τῷ τετάρτῳ, Παρθένιος δὲ Μυτωνίδας τὰς Λεσβικάς φησι. λέγονται καὶ Μύτωνες καὶ Μυτωναῖοι καὶ Μυτιληναῖος.

Herodian

…Ἀσκαλωνίς, Αὐσωνίς, Λευκωνίς. οὕτως ἐλέγετο ἡ λίμνη Κωπαΐς. Βαβυλωνίς, Ἁλωνίς νῆσος καὶ πόλις Μασσαλίας ὡς Ἀρτεμίδωρος. Γιγωνίς. οὕτως Ἀρτεμίδωρος ὁ Ἐφέσιος Γιγωνίαν ἄκραν φησίν. Μυτωνίς· οὕτω καλεῖ Λέσβον Καλλίμαχος ἐν τετάρτῳ, Παρθένιος δὲ Μυτωνίδας τὰς Λεσβικάς φησι. Δωδωνίς. Ἀπολλώνιος «στεῖραν Ἀθηναίη Δωδωνίδος ἥρμοσε φηγοῦ (Argon. I 527, IV 583). καὶ Σοφοκλῆς Ὀδυσσεῖ ἀκανθοπλῆγι »τὰς θεσπιῳδοὺς ἱερίας Δωδωνίδας«. Ἠδωνίς· οὕτως Ἀριστοτέλης φησὶν Ἄντανδρον πόλιν ὠνομάσθαι διὰ τὸ Θ…