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- μ243ΜασαισύλιονMasaisylian, MasaesylianOf north Africa. See e.g. Polybius 3.33.15, 16.23.6; Strabo 2.5.33, 17.3.15; mentioned also in Plutarch and Polyaenus. This entry is repeated as mu 246. Perhaps [NF] because, besides the Masaisylioi, there was also a …Matched in noteshighshort
- μ1152ΜνεῦιςMneuisA sacred bull in Heliopolis: see e.g. Strabo 17.1.22 & 27; Diodorus Siculus 1.21.10, 1.84.4, 1.88.4.Matched in noteshighshort
- μ913ΜηκώνηMekone, MeconeAn early name (so Strabo 8.2.25; cf. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.) for Sikyon, in the NE Peloponnese of Greece (sigma 403). See also sigma 402.Matched in noteshighshort
- μ330ΜαίναλοςMainalos, Maenalus… figure in Arcadian mythology, eponym of a city (defunct by Strabo's time: see 8.8.2-3, web address 1) and mountain there; Pausanias 8.36.8 (web address 2). cf. mu 329.Matched in noteshighshort
- μ401ΜέγιστοςMegistos… of Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Ainia, where a R.Ainios (cf. Strabo 13.1.44) and the descriptor me/gistos occur in close proximity.Matched in noteshighshort
- μ656Μεσῆϊς πηγήMesseid spring… (web address 1). The -ss- spelling is also used by Strabo (9.5.6) and Pausanias (3.20.1).Matched in noteshighshort
- μ683ΜέταβοςMetabos, Metabus… Metapontion/Metapontum (mu 725) in the instep of Italy. See e.g. Strabo 6.1.15, Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Kaulonia and (esp.) Metapontion. Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.Matched in noteshighshort
- μ1061ΜιλητοπολίτηςMiletopolitan… that of a city in Mysia, E of Daskyleion; cf. Strabo 12.8.10; Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. *milhtopouli/ths. Present-day Melde. Barrington Atlas Map 52 Grid C4.Matched in noteshighshort
- μ665Μεσόγεωνinland, midland… cited first in the Attic accusative (which occurs in e.g. Strabo 12.8.17 and Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 1.120), then in the Koine nominative. See generally LSJ s.v. meso/gaios.Matched in noteshighshort
- μ176ΜαραθίωνοςMarathionos, Marathion… grid A3. [1] A city near Ephesos, also cited by Strabo 14.1.20 and others. Present-day Ambar Tepe in Turkey. Barrington Atlas map 61 grid E2.Matched in noteshighshort
- μ1442ΜυρλεανόςMyrleanos, Myrleia… of Prousias I (father of pi 2913, pi 2914), see Strabo 12.4.3.Matched in noteshighshort
- μ1035ΜιδάειονMidaeion, MidaeiumIn fact a city. Briefly mentioned by Strabo 12.8.12 and Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. (who cites Hellanicus), it lay on the Tembrios (Tembris, Thymbris, present-day Porzuk), the tributary that runs eastward into the Sangarios …Matched in noteshighshort
- μ1431ΜύραMyra[1] cf. generally Strabo 14.3.7; Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. The present reference to an 'eparchy' (= provincia) relates specifically to its status in the Roman Empire. St. Nicholas (nu 392) was bishop of Myra. …Matched in noteshighshort
- μ644ΜερόπηMerope… parents of Phaethon in Euripides' play of that name (cf. Strabo 1.33; Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.750ff., 2.184, Tristia 3.4,30). [2] For this see already kappa 2302. Note also the imaginary land invented by Theopompus of …Matched in noteshighshort
- μ1097ΜινύειονMinyan, Minyeios… supposedly autochthonous inhabitants of various parts of Greece. See e.g. Strabo 9.2.40, and generally OCD(4) s.v. Minyans and Minyas. [2] The epic/Ionic dialect version of the headword; again sometimes (e.g. Pausanias 9.36.7) applied to …Matched in noteshighshort
- μ594ΜένδηνMendes… cf. 5.28. See also Herodotus 2.46 (web address 1) and Strabo 17.1.19.4-6; also alpha 4127. The headword is in the accusative case. [1] Pan: see pi 147. [2] cf. omicron 1063. [3] cf. mu …Matched in noteshighshort
- μ405ΜεδιόλανονMediolanon, Mediolanum, MilanOn Mediolanum/Milan see Strabo 5.1.6 (4.2.1 refers to a different Mediolanum, in Aquitaine; cf. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.), and generally OCD(4) p.923. The entry from the Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites may be reached …Matched in noteshighshort