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Μυκήνη

mykene

Mycene, Mycenae

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

Μυκήνη, ἡ, and Μῠκῆναι, αἱ, A. Mycene, Mycenae: Hom. uses both sg. (Il. 4.52, Od. 3.304, al.), and pl. (only in Il. 2.569, 4.376); the pl. prevails in Att., Th. 1.10, etc.:—Adj. Μῠκηναῖος, α, ον, Mycenaean, Il. 15.638, etc.: Dor. Subst. Μῠκᾱνεύς, έως, ὁ, a Mycenaean, SIG 31 (Delph., v B. C.):—fem. Adj. Μῠκηνίς, ίδος, Critias 16.12 D.: Adv. Μῠκήνηθεν, from Mycene, Il. 9.44: Dor. Μῠκᾱνέᾱθεν IG 4.492 (Mycenae, vi B. C.).
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