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Mўcēnae

Mўcēnae · f

a celebrated city in Argolis, of which Agamemnon was king

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What it meant

Mўcēnae — Lewis & Short

Mўcēnae, ārum, or Mўcēna, ae, and Mўcēne, ēs, f., = *mukhnai, *mukh/nh,

I a celebrated city in Argolis, of which Agamemnon was king: Agamemnoniaeque Mycenae, Verg. A. 6, 838; Ov. M. 6, 414; 15, 426 al.: deprensus urbe Mycenae, Verg. A. 5, 52: Diti sacrata, Auct. Priap. 77: ante Agamemnoniam ... Mycenen, Sil. 1, 27.—
II Derivv.
A Mўcēnaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mycenæ, Mycenæan: ductor, i. e. Agamemnon, Verg. A. 11, 266: teque, Mycenaeo, Phoebas, amata duci, i. e. Cassandra, beloved by Agamemnon, king of Mycenæ, Ov. Tr. 2, 400: manus, i. e. Agamemnonis, id. H. 5, 2: rates, the Grecian fleet, under the command of Agamemnon, Prop. 3, 15, 32.—
B Mўcēnensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Mycenæ, Mycenæan.—In plur.: Mўcēnenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Mycenæ, the Mycenæans, Cic. poët. Fin. 2, 6, 18.—
C Mўcēnis, ĭdis, f., the Mycenæan, i. e. Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon: suppositā fertur mutāsse Mycenida cervā, Ov. M. 12, 34.

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