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at the shrines of Jupiter, Mars, and Concordia. MYCALE'SIDES (Mukaanoides), the moun-
(Tac. Ann. ii. 32. )
tain nymphs of Mycale. (Callim. Hymn. in Del.
MU'TINES ( Mourivas, Polybius calls him MUT- 50; Paus. vii. 4. § 1. )
[L. S. ]
Tóvas), an African by birth,
belonging to the half- MYCALE’SSIA (Mukaa nooia), a surname of
caste race called the Lybio-Phoenicians. He was Demeter, derived from Mycalessus in Boeotia,
brought up and trained in war under the eye of where the goddess had a sanctuary. (Paus. ix.
Hannibal, and having given frequent proofs of his 19. $ 4. )
[L. S. ]
ability and activity as an officer, was selected by MYCE'NE (Mukyun), a daughter of Inachus
that general to take the command in Sicily after and wife of Arestor, from whom the town of
the death of Hippocrates. He accordingly joined Mycenae or Mycene was believed to have derived
Epicydes and Hanno at Agrigentum before the its name. (Hom. Od. ii. 120; Paus. ii. 16.
close of the year B. c. 212, and being placed at the $ 3. )
(L. S. )
head of the Numidian cavalry, quickly spread his MYCERI'NUS, or MECHERI'NUS (Muke-
ravages through great part of the island. Marcellus pavos, Mexepivos), was son of Cheops, king of
was now compelled to turn his arms against this Egypt, according to Herodotus and Diodorus, and
new enemy, and advanced as far as the river succeeded his uncle Chephren on the throne. His
Himera, where he sustained a severe check from conduct formed a strong contrast to that of his
the cavalry of Mutines ; but shortly after the jca- father and uncle, being as mild and just as
lousy of Hanno and Epicydes prompted them to theirs had been tyrannical. On the death of his
give battle during a temporary absence of the Nu daughter, he placed her corpse within the hollow
midian leader, and they were totally defeated. body of a wooden cow, which was covered with
(Polyb. ix. 22 ; Liv. xxv. 40, 41. ) But even gold. Herodotus tells us that it was still to be
after this blow Mutines was soon able to resume seen at Saïs in his time. We further hear of Mv-
the offensive, and, instead of shutting himself up cerinus that, being wamed by an oracle that he
within the walls of Agrigentum, carried his daring should die at the end of six years, because he had
and destructive excursions into every part of the been a gentle ruler and had not wreaked the ven-
island. Laevinus, the new consul, who ad stic- geance of the gods on Egypi, he gave himself up to


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revelry, and strove to double his allotted time by | The Myniscus who was ridiculed by Plato was
turning night into day. He built a pyramid also, perhaps his grandson. (Athen. viii. p. 314,
or rather began to build it, but died before it was d. e. ; Meineke, Frugmenta loët. Com. vol. ii. p.
finished. It was smaller than those of Cheops and 668. )
[C. P. M. ]
Chephren, and, according to Blerodotus, was wrongly MYNNIO (Minio, No. 2. )
ascribed by some to the Greek hetaera Rhodopis. MYREPSUS, NICOLAUS. [Nicolaus. )
(Ilerod. ii. 129–131 ; Diod. i. 64 ; Ath. x. p. 438, MYRINA (Múpiva). 1. A daughter of Cre-
b. )
(E. E. ) theus and the wife of Thons, from whom the town
MYDON, of Soli, a painter of some note, was of Myriun in Lemnos was believed to have derived
the disciple of the statuary Pyromachus. He its name. (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. i. 604. )
therefore flourished about Ol. 138 or B. C. 228. 2. An Amazon, who is likewise said to have
(Plin. H. N. xxxv. 11, s. 40. $ 42. ) [P. S. ] given the name to the town of Myrina in Lemnos.
MYGDON (Múyowr). 1. A brother of Amycus, Strab. xii. p. 573; Steph. Byz. s. v. )
king of the Bebryces, was slain by lleracles, who 3. A daughter of Teucer and the wife of Dar-
assisted Lycus in his war with Mygdon. (Apollod. danus. (Hom. Il. ii. 814; Eustath. ai llom. p.
ji. 5. § 9. )
351. )
(L. S. )
2. A son of Acmon, a Phrygian king, who MYRINUS appears as the name of an epigram-
fought with Otreus and Priam against the Amazons. matic writer in Brunck's Anal. (ii. p. 107). No.
(Hom. I. ii. 186, &c. ; Eustath. ad llom. p. 402. ) thing more is known of him. It has been conjec-
A part of the Phrygians are said to have been tured that he is no other than Agathias of Myrina.
called after him Mygdonians. (Paus. x. 27, init. ; (AGATHIAS. ] (Fabric. Bill. Grucc. vol. iv. p.
comp. COROEBUS. )
(L. S. ] 483. )
(C. P. M. )
MYIA (Mvia). 1. Daughter of Pythagoras MYRME'CIDES (Mupunkidns), a sculptor and
and Theano (Porphyr. p. 3; Clemens Alex. Strom. engraver, of Miletus or Atbens, is generally men-
iv. p. 5:22 ; Suidas), was, according to Jamblichus, tioned in connection with Callicrates, like whom
the wife of Milon of Crotona. A letter, addressed he was celebrated for the minuteness of his works.
to a certain Phyllis, is extant under her name. [CALLICRATES. ] His works in ivory were so
(Lucian, Muscae Enc. extr. ; Fabric. Bill. Gracc.
small that they could scarcely be seen without
vol. i. pp. 883, 886. )
placing them on black hair. (Varro, L. L. vii. , ix.
2. A Spartan poetess, who composed hymns to 62 ; Cic. Acad. ii. 38; Suid. s. rv. Mupunkions and
Apollo and Diana (Suidas, s. v. ). Lucian (Muscae redonos. )
[P. S. )
Enc. extr. ) mentions an ancient poetess of the name, MYRMEX (Múpunt), that is, an ant, from
celebrated for her beauty and learning, but whether which animal, aecording to some traditions, the
he refers to the Spartan poetess or not, is uncertain. Myrmidons in Thessaly derived their name. An
3. A Thespian poetess, who wrote some lyrical Attic maiden of the name of Myrmex, it is said,
poems (Suidas, s. v. ). She is probably the same was beloved by Athena; and when the goddess
with Corinna (CORINNA], who bore that sur- had invented the plough, Myrmex boastfully pre-
(C. P. M. ] tended to have made the discovery herself, where-
MYIAGRUS or MYIODES (Mvíaypos), that upon she was metamorphosed into an ant. But
is, the fiy-catcher, is the name of a hero, who was when afterwards Zeus made his son Aeacus king
invoked at Aliphera, at the festival of Athena, as of Thessaly, which was not inhabited by human
the protector against flies. (Paus. v. 14. $ 2, viii. beings, he metamorphosed all the ants of the
26. § 4. )
(L. S. ] country into men, who were thence called Myr-
MYLES (Múans), a son of Lelex, brother of midones. (Virg. Aen. ir. 402, with the note of
Polycaon, father of Eurotas, and king of Lace- Serv. ; Hygin. Fub. 52 ; Strab. viii. p. 375, ix.
daemon, was regarded as the inventor of mills. p. 433 ; comp. A EACUS. ) According to Pbilo-
(Paus. iii. 1. § 1, 20. $ 2, iv. I. $ 2. ) Stephanus chorus (ap. Harpocr. 8. v. Menitn), Myrmex was
Byzantius mentions Munávrloi Jeol as the pro- the father of Melite, from whom the Attic demos
tectors of mills.
[L. S. of Melite derived its name.
(L. S. ]
MYLLUS (Múxos), a comic poet, a contem- MY'RMIDON (Muputô6v), a son of Zeus and
porary of Epicharmus, who with Èuetes and Eu- Eurymedusa, the daughter of Cleitos, whom Zeus
xenides revived comedy in Athens at the same time deceived in the disguise of an ant. Her son was
that Epicharmus was labouring in the same direction for this reason called Mymidon (from púpunt, an
in Sicily. He appears to have been especially suc- ant), and was regarded as the ancestor of the
cessful in the representation of a deaf man, who, Myrmidons in Thessaly. He was married to
nevertheless, hears every thing ; whence arose a Pcisidice, by whom he became the father of
proverb, Múxlos trávt' dkoúel. According to Eus- Antiphus and Actor. (Apollod. i. 7. $ 3; Apollon.
tathius he was an actor as well as a dramatist, and | Rhod. i. 56; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 320; Clem.
still adhered to the old practice of having the faces Alex. Protrept. p. 3+; Arnob. adv. Gent. iv.
of his actors besmeared with red-ochre. (Suidas, 26. )
(L. S. ]
s. v. 'Emlxapuos ; Hesychius, vol. ii. p. 632 ; Eus- MY'RMIDON (Mvpuiduv), an Athenian, who
tathius, ad Il. p. 906, 53, ad Od. p. 1885, 21; commanded a force of 10,000 men, which formed
Meineke, Hist. Crit. Com. Graec. p. 26. ) [C. P. M. ] part of the armament sent by Ptolemy, the son of
MYNES (Múvns), a son of Evenus of Lyrnesus, Lagus, under his brother Menelaus, to effect the
and husband of Briseis, was slain by Achilles reduction of Cyprus, B. c. 315. He was afterwards
(Hom. N. ii. 692, xix. 296; Eustath. ad Hom. despatched to the assistance of Asander in Caria,
p. 32. 2. )
(L. S. ] against the generals of Antigonus. (Diod. xix.
MYNISCUS (Muviokos), a tragic actor, a native 62. )
[E. H. B. )
of Chalcis, who was attacked by Plato in his comedy MYRIS. (MOERIS. )
called Zúppas, on account of his gluttony. A man MYRO (Mupc). 1. The elder of the two
named Myniscus was one of the actors of Aeschylus. I daughters of Aristotimus, tyrant of Elis. (Art
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STOTIMUS. ) When Aristotimus was killed, Myro numerosior quam Polycletus (l. c. $ 3). To this
and her sister were compelled by those into whose love of variety he seems in some degree to have
hands they had fallen to bang themselves. (Plut. sacrificed accuracy of proportion and intellectual
de Virt. lul. p. 252. )
expression. (Plin. l. c. ; comp. Cic. Brut. 18. )
2. A Rhodian lady mentioned by Suidas (s. r. ) Neither did he pay much attention to minute details,
as having addicted herself to philosophy and litera- distinct from the general effect, such as the hair, in
ture: she wrote fables, and a work called xpelas which he seems to have followed, almost closely,
guraika Buonníowv. (Fabric. Bibl. Gracc. vol. i. the ancient conventional forms. (Plin. l. c. )
p. 628. )
Quinctilian (xii. 10) speaks of his works as
3. See MOERO.