Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . of Anaxagoras against Naxos. ( 33.) At a later time, when Alexander besiegedHalicarnassus, he was anxious first to make himselfmaster of Myndus; but when he attempted to takeit by surprise, the Myndians, with the aid of rein-forcements from HaUcamassus repulsed bin; withsome loss. (Arrian, I. c.; comp. Hecat. Fragm. 229;Polyb. xvi. 15, 21; Scylax, p. 38; Ptol. v. 2. § 9;Liv. xxxvii. 15; Hierocl. p. 687.) Athenaeus (i. 32)states that the wine grown in the district of Mynduswas good for digestion. It is generally believed thatMentesha or Muntesha
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . of Anaxagoras against Naxos. ( 33.) At a later time, when Alexander besiegedHalicarnassus, he was anxious first to make himselfmaster of Myndus; but when he attempted to takeit by surprise, the Myndians, with the aid of rein-forcements from HaUcamassus repulsed bin; withsome loss. (Arrian, I. c.; comp. Hecat. Fragm. 229;Polyb. xvi. 15, 21; Scylax, p. 38; Ptol. v. 2. § 9;Liv. xxxvii. 15; Hierocl. p. 687.) Athenaeus (i. 32)states that the wine grown in the district of Mynduswas good for digestion. It is generally believed thatMentesha or Muntesha marks the site of Myndus;but Col. Leake (^Asia Minor, p. 228) identifiesMyndus with the small sheltered port of Gnmishlu,where Captain Beaufort remarked the remains of anancient pier at the entrance of the port, and someruins at the head of the bay. (Comp. Easdie, l^ iii. 1. p. 1002, &c.; Eckhel, Z>oc<r. ii. pt. i. p. 585.) Ptolemy (v. 2. § 30) mentions a small island calledMyndus in the Icarian Sea. [L. S.]. COIN OF JIYNDUS. MYONIA or MYON (Muovia, Paus.; llivwv,Steph. B.: Eth. , Paus., Thuc), a town ofthe Locri Ozolae, situated on the most difficult ofthe passes leading from Aetolia into Locris. ( 101.) Pausanias describes it as a small town(jr6\i(), situated upon a hill 30 stadia from Am-phissa inland, containing a grove and an altar of thegods called Meilichii, and above the town a temple ofPoseidon. (Paus. x. 38. § 8, comp. vi. 19. § 4.)Leake (^Northern Greece, vol. ii. p. 592) and otherauthorities place Myonia at Aghia Thymia,ox Athj-mia, a small village, containing Hellenic remains,distant \\ hour from Sdlona (Amphissa) on the roadto Galaxidhi on the coast; but this cannot be cor-rect, as, according to the passage in Pausanias, My-onia lay further inland than Amphissa. (^Av fiivvnep Aa(piaff7is Trphs fjireipov Mvovia . . Oinoi (in-cluding the Mi/ofeTs) fxlv St; inrepotKovcnv Afj-cpia-crrjf, eVl ^aAaffo-qs 5e Oldvdeio). Ac
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