Mycale

Mycălē, ēs, f., = Μυκάλη.

• A promontory and city in Ionia, opposite the Isle of Samos, Ov. M. 2, 223; Just. 2, 14, 7.—
• • B Derivv.
  • • 1 Mycălaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mycale, Mycalean: litora, Claud. in. Eutr. 2, 264.—
    • 2 Mycă-lensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Mycale: mons, Val. Max. 6, 9, 5.—
• II A female poisoner, Ov. M. 12, 263; Sen. Herc. Oet. 525.

Mycalē, ēs, f. (Μυκάλη), Vorgebirge in Ionien, der Insel Samos gegenüber, j. Cap S. Marie, Nep. Cim. 2, 2. Ov. met. 2, 223. Iustin. 2, 14, 7. – Dav.: A) Mycalaeus, a, um, mykaläisch, Claud. Eutr. 2, 264. – B) Mycalēnsis, e, mons, mykalensisch, Val. Max. 6, 9. ext. 5.

1 Mўcălē, ēs, f. , nom de f. : Ov. M. 12, 263.

2 Mўcălē, ēs, f. (Μυκάλη), Mycale, montagne dʼIonie : Ov. M. 2, 223 || -læus, a, um, du mont Mycale : Claud. Eutr. 2, 264 || -ēnsis, e, Val. Max. 6, 9, 5.

MYCALE

MY´CALE (Μυκάλη), the westernmost branch of Mt. Mesogis in Lydia; it forms a high ridge and terminates in a promontory called Trogylium, now cape S. Maria. It runs out into the sea just opposite the island of Samos, from which it is separated only by a narrow channel seven stadia in breadth. It was in this channel, and on the mainland at the foot of Mount Mycale, that the Persians were defeated, in B.C. 479. It is probable that at the foot of Mount Mycale there was a town called Mycale or Mycallessus, for Stephanus Byz. (s. v.) and Scylax (p. 37) speak of a town of Mycale in Caria or Lydia. The whole range of Mount Mycale now bears the name of Samsum. (Hom. Il. 2.869; Hdt. 1.148, 7.80, 9.96; Thuc. 1.14, 89; 8.79; Diod. 9.34; Paus. 5.7.3, 7.4.1; Strab. xiii. pp. 621, 629; Ptol. 5.2.13; Agathem. p. 3.)

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Mycălé

(Μυκάλη). A mountain in the south of Ionia in Asia Minor, north of the mouth of the Maeander, and opposite the island of Samos. On the north side of the promontory near Priené was a great temple of Poseidon, where the Pan-Ionic festival was held (Pausan. v. 7, 3). Here a great victory was gained by the Greeks over the Persian fleet on the same day as the battle of Plataea, B.C. 479.