The Homer Reader The Iliad & Odyssey · Greek and English

μυχός

mychos

innermost part, nook, corner

Appears 19 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by book & line — each links into the reader.

Dictionary (LSJ)

μυχός, ὁ, heterocl. pl. μυχά Call. Del. 142, D.P. 117, 128, etc.:— A. innermost part, nook, corner, μυχῷ δόμου ὑψηλοῖο Il. 22.440; μ. σπείους γλαφυροῖο Od. 5.226; μ. ἄντρου θεσπεσίοιο 13.363; μυχῷ Ἄργεος in a recess or in the farthest nook of Argos-land, of Mycenae, 3.263; of Ephyre, Il. 6.152, cf. Pi. N. 6.26; Τάρταρά τʼ ἠερόεντα μυχῷ χθονός Hes. Th. 119; τῆλε μυχῷ νήσων ἱεράων ib.1015; ἐν μυχῷ τῆς θήκης Hdt. 3.16; μ. μαντεῖος Pi. P. 5.68; κελαινὸς Ἄϊδος μ. γᾶς A. Pr. 433 (lyr.): in pl., Κορίνθου ἐν μυχοῖς Pi. N. 10.42; μυχοὶ χθονός or γῆς the infernal realms, E. Supp. 926, Tr. 952, etc.; μαντικοὶ μυχοί A. Eu. 180; διὰ μυχῶν βλέπουσʼ ἀεὶ ψυχή a soul that sees in darkness, i.e. is full of deceit, S. Ph. 1013. 2. inmost part of a house, ἐς μυχὸν ἐξ οὐδοῖο Od. 7.96; μυχοῦ ἄφερκτος A. Ch. 446 (lyr.; nisi leg. μυχῷ) ; τὸ φάρμακον . . ἐν μυχοῖς σῴζειν S. Tr. 686; οὐ γὰρ ἐν μ. ἔτι no longer hidden within the house (for the doors were thrown open, cf. Sch.), Id. Ant. 1293, cf. E. Tr. 299. b. store-chamber, Xenoph. 2.22, Pi. I. 1.56; ὧν μ. πλουτεῖ Phoen. 2.18. c. granary, Tab.Heracl. 1.139. 3. creek running far inland, Hdt. 2.11, 4.21; ἐς μυχοὺς ἁλός Pi. P. 6.12; πόντιος μ., i.e. the Adriatic, A. Pr. 839; ἐν τῷ κοίλῳ καὶ μ. τοῦ λιμένος Th. 7.52; ἐν τοῖς ἄγκεσι καὶ μ. τῶν ὀρέων X. An. 4.1.7; ἐν τῷ μ. τοῦ Ἀδρίου Arist. Mir. 836a24.
‹ All lexicon entries