Ἀμύκλαι
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ' ἐσθλὸν τῷδ' ἔμμεν' ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν → evil appears as good to him whose mind the god is leading to destruction (Sophocles, Antigone 622f.)
English (LSJ)
ῶν, αἱ, Amyclae in Laconia, famous for worship of Apollo, Il., etc.:—Ἀμυκλ-αῖος, or ἀμυ-αεύς, έως, ὁ,
A Amyclean, X.HG 4.5.11, Arist.Fr.532:— -αῖον, τό, temple of Amyclean Apollo, ἐν Ἀ. Foed. ap. Th.5.18 and 23; ἐν τῷ Ἀ. Str.6.3.2; of Artemis, Call.Aet. 1.1.24. Adv. ἀμύ-ᾱθεν from Amyclae, Pi.N.11.34. Ἀμύκλαι, αἱ, sort of shoes, named after Amyclae, Theoc.10.35:—also ἀμυ-ᾷδες, αἱ, Ar.Fr.44D., Phryn.Com.5 D., cf. Poll.7.88, Hsch. Ἀμυκλαϊάζω, speak in the Amyclean (i.e. Laconian) dialect, Theoc.12.13.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Ἀμύκλαι: -ῶν, αἱ, Λακωνικὴ πόλις, περίφημος διὰ τὴν λατρείαν τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος, Ἰλ., κτλ.: - Ἀμυκλαῖος ἢ Ἀμυκλαεύς, έως, ὁ, ὁ ἐξ Ἀμυκλῶν, ἴδε Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 4. 5, 11, Ἀριστ. Ἀποσπ. 489: Ἀμυκλαῖον, τό, ὁ ναὸς τοῦ Ἀμυκλαίου Ἀπόλλωνος, ἐν Ἀμ., σπονδαὶ παρὰ Θουκ. 5. 18 καὶ 23· ἐν τῷ Ἀμ. Στράβ. 278. - Ἐπίρρ. Ἀμύκλᾱθεν, ἐξ Ἀμυκλῶν, Πινδ. Ν. 11. 44.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ῶν (αἱ) :
Amyclées, ville de Laconie.
Étymologie:.
English (Autenrieth)
a city in Laconia, near the Eurotas, 20 stadia S.E. of Sparta, and the residence of Tyndareus, Il. 2.584†.
English (Slater)
̆αμύκλαι a city near Sparta, captured by the Herakleidai with the help of the Theban Aigidai ἔσχον δ' Ἀμύκλας ὄλβιοι (sc. Ἡρακλείδαι.) (P. 1.65)
1 θάνεν μὲν αὐτὸς ἥρως Ἀτρείδας ἵκων χρόνῳ κλυταῖς ἐν Ἀμύκλαις (P. 11.32) ἕλον δ' Ἀμύκλας Αἰγεῖδαι σέθεν ἔκγονοι (sc. ὦ Θήβα.) (I. 7.14)
Greek Monotonic
Ἀμύκλαι: αἱ, είδος παπουτσιού που φτιαχνόταν στις Άμυκλες, σε Θεόκρ.
• Ἀμύκλαι: -ῶν, αἱ, Λακων. πόλη, διάσημη για τη λατρεία του Απόλλωνα, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ. κ.λπ.· Ἀμυκλαῖον, τό, ο ναός του Αμυκλαίου Απόλλωνα, σε Θουκ.· επίρρ. Ἀμύκλᾱθεν, από τις Αμύκλες, σε Πίνδ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Ἀμύκλαι: ῶν (ᾰ, ῡ) αἱ Амиклы (город в Лаконии с культом Аполлона, резиденция Тиндарея, родина Диоскуров) Hom., Pind., Xen.
Frisk Etymological English
Meaning: place in Laconia, famous for the worship ofApollo (Il.).
Derivatives: ἀμυκλᾳ̃δες kind of elegant shoes (Com.), also ἀμύκλαι (Theoc.). For the phenomenon cf. ἀμοργ-ίς.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: No etym. Prob. a Pre-Greek place name.
Middle Liddell
1. a Lacon. city, famous for the worship of Apollo, Il., etc.
2. a sort of shoes, made at Amyclae, Theocr.
