Numismata hellenica: a catalogue of Greek coins; with notes, a map ...

the erection of its walls by Apollo and Alcathous, Eu.
72 : its coins as member of the Achaian League, Eu. 4.
Megara (Siciliae), the lesser Hybla so called after receiving
a Grecian colony, Ins. 60 : its inhabitants removed to
Syracuse by Gelon, Ins. 70.
Megarsa or Magarsa perhaps the same place as Hieropolis
CiUciae ; its virorship of Minerva, who was called i) 9ed
Mayaotrig ;
its ruins near the old mouth of the Pyramus,
As. 67.
Meleager represented by the coins of iEtolia, Eu. 7.
androgynous figure on the
Meliboea (Thessaliae), the capital of Philoctetes;
tion and coins, Eu. l6l.
its situa-
Melite, now Malta, its coins, Ins. 62.
Melus, description of its coins, Ins. 25.
Menae or Menena (Sicilias), now Mineo, its coins, Ins. 62.
Menandrus, described as king of Bactria by Strabo,
Appian, Plutarch, and Trogus Porapeius, but shown by
a comparison of his coins with those of Demetrius son
of Euthydemus to have reigned over the Paropamisus
and the country S. E. of the Indian Caucasus, K. 55.
Mende (Pallenes) celebrated for its wine, whence the types
of its coins ; Mendseus an epithet of Bacchus, Eu. 73.
Mesambria, or Metambria, or Mesembria (Thracise), on
the western roast of the Black Sea; a colony of Megara
and Calchedon ; its extant coins, Eu. 73.
Mesma, Medma, or Medama colonized from Locri;
situated on the river now called Mesima, Eu. 128.
Messana (Sicihae), previously Dancle or Zancle, colonized
by offsets from Cumae in Italy and Naxus in Sicily ;
taken by Anaxilaus of Rhegium, Ins. 62 : its inhabitants
removed to Tyndaris by Dionysius I., and their places
occupied by a mixed population of Doric origin, Ins. 63 :
seized by Mamertine mercenaries about 280 a.c, and
governed by them till the reign of Augustus, Ins. 62, 63 :
temple of Cora Pelorias in its citadel, Ins. 64.
Messene (Peloponnesi), its coins as member of the Achaian
League, Eu. 4 : its chief deities Ceres, the Dioscuri,
Jupiter Ithomatas, Asclepius, and Messene, daughter
of Triopas, Eu. 74.
Metallum, now Matala, the harbour of Phaestus Cretae,
Ins. 30.
Metapus or Metapontium, this name derived from Metapa,
a city in the jEtolian plains, near the Achelous ; said to
have been founded by Epeius, the fabricator of the
and richness of its
Trojan horse ; fertility of its territory
silver coinage, Eu. 128 : colonized by Achseans under
Leucippus, after having fallen to decay ;
on its coins, Eu. 129; its Doric temple, Eu. 128, and
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hence his head
corrigenda.
Methana (Argolidis), the head of Vulcan on its coins ex-
plained by the volcanic nature of the peninsula, Eu. 74.
Methymna or Mathymna (Lesbi), now Molivo, the mythus
of Areion and the dolphin referred to on one of its coins,
he having been a native of the city, Ins. 25.
Metropolis (Acarnaniae) a Corinthian colony,
its coins with Corinthian types, Eu. 75.
Eu. 8 : hence
(loniae), its remains in the plain of Turbalij
this latter name perhaps a Turkish corruption of
M;)rpd7roXic, As. 81.
(Phrygiae) on the great road from Ephesus to
Caesareia Cappadociae, between Apameia and Philomelium.
As. 82.
, two cities in Thessaly so named, one in ThessaUotis,
near the present Blazdhu, the other (now Turnavo)
in
Pelasgiotis ;
Eu. 75.
coins of the former alone extant,
Midaeium (Phrygiae) situated on the river
between Dorylaeum and Pessinus, As. 82.
Thymbrius,
Midas the reputed founder of Midaeium and Prymnessus
Phrygiae, As. 82. 103.
MiletopoUs (Mysiae) a colony of Cyzicus ; the two owls
on its coins explained by Cyzicus having been an
Athenian colony; the neighbouring lake Miletopolites,
now Maniyas, As. 83.
Miletus founder of the city of that name in Asia ; his
mythus alluded to on a coin of Cydonia Cretae,
Ins. 14.
Miletus (loniee), reference of the types of its coins to the
worship of Apollo at Didyma in its territory, As. 83.
Mines of silver in Macedonia, K. 1 : of gold and silver in
Thrace, K. 19. Eu. 81. 157: of silver in Attica, Eu.
21 : of gold and silver in Siphnus, Ins. 41 : of copper
near Perperene, As. 98.
Minoa probably, the Mtvvn mentioned by Stephanus,
As. 84. 155, and corrigenda.
Minyae, sovereigns of Western Bceotia, their chief town
Erchomenus, Eu. 52.
Mithradates made king of Bosporus by Claudius ; subse-
quently deposed by him, K. 48.
III., king of Pontus, the Pontic aera (297 b.c.)
commenced in his reign, K. 47.
VI. (Eupator), the Great, ejects Pylaemenes
of Paphlagonia from his kingdom, K. 43.
Mithras, his worship at Tarsus proved by the types on
some of its coins. As. 128, 129.
Mna a word of Phoenician origin, and an Athenian weight,
containing before the time of Solon 73 drachmae, afterwards
100, 1].
Molon of Media made satrap by Antiochus III. of Syria ;
revolts, and defeats his generals; is defeated by Antiochus
and destroys himself and family ; Seleucid date
on his coins, K. 65.
Molossi, their territory separated from the sea by that of
the Cassopaei, Eu. 33.
Molossis (Epiri), its mint perhaps at the modern Dhra-
misius, Eu. 75.
Monas, an Egyptian weight represented in hieroglyphics
by the vulture (mother), the same as the Jewish " shekel
of the sanctuary ;" introduced by the Phoenicians into
Lydia and Corinth, 2]. See Weight.
Monunius, his capital at Dyrrhachium lUyriae; styled
Paai\ii)e on a coin of Dyrrhachium, Eu. 159.
Mopsium or Mopsuestia (Cilicise), now Mensis, named
Mampsista or Mansista under the Byzantine empire;
altar of Mopsus, son of Teiresias, on one of its coins.
As. 84 : death of Seleucus VI. of Syria there, K.
36.
Morgantium (Siciliae) so called from the Morgetes, an
Italian tribe, who settled in the plain of the Simaethus
and its vicinity, Ins. 55. 64.
Mostene (Lydiae) in the district of Hyrcania; both places
colonized by Macedonians, As. 84.
Motya (Siciliae) a commercial station of the Phoenicians,
afterwards colonized by Greeks; destroyed by Dionysius
I., and its inhabitants soon after removed to Lilybaeum
by Himilco, Ins. 65 : the dog on one of its coins
allusive to its fabled foundation by Egestes, Ins. 56.
See Segesta.
Mummius destroys Corinth in 146 b.c, Eu. 39.
Mutilus, Caius Papius, Consul of the Italian League 80
B.C., Eu. 125.
Mycalessus (Bofotiae), its situation on the Euripus, Eu. 75 :
a coma of the district of Tanagra ; its walls still extant,
Eu. 88.
Mygdonia, a name given by the Macedonians to the north,
western part of Mesopotamia, As. 88.
Mylasa, the chief city of Caria, and the residence of its