Mygdones

Mygdŏnes, um, m., = Μυγδόνες,

• a people of Thrace, who afterwards took possession of a part of Phrygia, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 35; 5, 30, 33, § 126.—
• II Derivv.
• • A Mygdŏnĭa, ae, f., = Μυγδονία.
  • • 1 A district in Macedonia, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 38.—
    • 2 A district in Phrygia, Plin. 5, 32, 41, § 145; Sol. 40, 9.—
    • 3 A district in Mesopotamia, Plin. 6, 13, 16, § 42.—
    • 4 A district in Bithynia, Sol. 42, 1; Amm.22, 8, 14.—
  • B Mygdŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Mygdon, Verg. A. 2, 342.—
  • C Mygdŏnis, ĭdis, f., a Mygdonian, Phrygian, Lydian: Mygdonidesque nurus, i. e. Lydiae, Ov. M. 6, 45.—
  • D Mygdŏnĭus, a, um, adj.
  • • 1 Mygdonian, Phrygian: campi, Hor. C. 3, 16, 41: opes, id. ib. 2, 12, 22: marmor, i. e. Phrygium, Ov. H. 15, 142: mater, the mother of the gods, Cybele, Val. Fl. 3, 47: senex, Tithonus, the husband of Aurora, and son of the Phrygian king Laomedon, Stat. S. 2, 2, 108. —
    • 2 Thracian: Melas, Ov. M. 2, 247.

Mygdones, um, m. (Μυγδόνες), eine thrazische Völkerschaft, die nach Phrygien, Bithynien u. Mesopotamien übersiedelte, Plin. 4, 35 u. 5, 126. – Dav.: A) Mygdonia, ae, f. (Μυγδονία), a) Landschaft Mazedoniens, Plin. 4, 38. – b) Landschaft Phrygiens, Plin. 5, 145. Solin. 40, 9. – c) Landschaft Mesopotamiens, Plin. 6, 42. – d) alter Name Bithyniens, Solin. 42, 1. Amm. 22, 8, 14. – B) Mygdonis, idis, f. (Μυγδονίς), mygdonisch = lydisch, nurus (Plur.), Ov. met. 6, 45. – C) Mygdonius, a, um (Μυγδόνιος), mygdonisch, poet. = phrygisch, humus, Ov.: opes, Hor.: marmor, Ov.: mater, die phryg. Göttermutter Cybele, Val. Flacc.: senex, Tithonos, Gemahl der Aurora, Sohn des phryg. Königs Laomedon, Sil.

Mygdŏnes, um, m. (Μυγδόνες), Mygdoniens [peuple de Macédoine] : Plin. 4, 35 ; 5, 126.

MYGDONES

MY´GDONES(Μύγδονες), a tribe dwelling in Bithynia, about the river Odrysses and the coast of the Propontis, but extending into Mysia, where they occupied the district about Mount Olympus and lake Dascylitis. They had immigrated into Asia Minor from Thrace, but were afterwards subdued or expelled by the Bithynians. (Strab. 7. p. 295, xii. pp. 564, 575.) The district inhabited by them was called Mygdonia. (Strab. xii. pp. 550, 558, 576; Plin. Nat. 5.41; Solin. 40, 42.) [L.S]

Mygdones Mygdones, poetical name of Phrygians

• Paus. 10.27.1