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Μύκονος

Μύκονος, Myconus

Μύκονος [ῠ], ἡ,
  • Myconus, one of the Cyclades, Hdt. 6.118, etc.; the people were said to be all bald, Lucil. 1211, Str. 10.5.9: whence (acc. to Donat. ad Ter. Hec. 440) the proverb μία Μύκονος ‘itʼs all one, all alike’, Plu. QConv. 2.616b, Them. Or. 21.250c, Zen. 5.17 (with a different expl.), prob. cj. in Luc. DMort. 1.3; πάνθʼ ὑπὸ μίαν Μύκονον Str. l.c. (with a third expl., cf. Eust.ad D.P. 525): Adj. Μῠκόνιος, α, ον, prov. Μ. γείτων, of a bad neighbour, Zen. 5.21 (Μηκώνιος codd., Μυκώνιος Phot., Suid.), cf. Cratin. 328, Com.Adesp. 439; also ἡ λεγομένη Μυκόνιος ἀγροικία Jul. Mis. 349d.

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