Μῠκήνηθεν

     Μῦκήνηθεν

     Μῦκήνη-θεν

    adv. из Микен Hom.

Μυκήνηθεν

Mycene: indeclform (adverb)

Μῠκήνη, ἡ, and [full] 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 [dialect] Att., Th.1.10, etc.:—Adj. [full] Μῠκηναῖος, α, ον, Mycenaean, Il.15.638, etc.: [dialect] Dor. Subst. [full] Μῠκᾱνεύς, έως, ὁ, a Mycenaean, SIG31 (Delph., v B. C.):—fem. Adj. [full] Μῠκηνίς, ίδος, Critias 16.12 D.: Adv. [full] Μῠκήνηθεν, from Mycene, Il.9.44: [dialect] Dor. [full] Μῠκᾱνέᾱθεν IG4.492 (Mycenae, vi B. C.).

Grammatical information: PN

Meaning: town in Argolis.

Other forms: (Arg. - ᾶναι) pl., also sg. Μῠκήνη f. (both since Il.).

Derivatives: Μυκηναῖος `Mycenaean' (Il.), also Μυκανεύς `id.' (Delphi V^a), f. Μυκηνίς (Critias, E.); Μυκηνεύς as PN (Paus.; Bosshardt 105); Μυκήνηθεν `from M.' (Il.), Μυκανεαθεν (Mycenae VI^a). -- Besides Μυκήνη name of a heroine (β 120).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Formation as Άθῆναι and like this prob. Pre-Greek (Fick Vorgr. ON 96 a. 131). As Άθῆναι after Άθήνη, Μυκῆναι might have been called after the heroine Μυκήνη (Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1, 349). IE etymolog by Grošelj Živa Ant. 7, 227: to μύκων σωρός, θημών (H.) etc. (WP.2, 311, Pok. 752; quite doubtful non-IE combinations by Hubschmid 3^me congr. intern. de toponymie [Louvain 1951] II 187) because of the position. Often as "mushroom-place" connected with μύκης (e.g. Solmsen IF 30, 27, Strömberg Pflanzennamen 125 n. 3); against this Krahe Gnomon 17, 472.

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