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. Mycēnaeus , 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. Mycēnensis , e, adj., of or belonging to Mycenæ, Mycenæan.—In plur.: Mycēnenses , ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Mycenæ, the Mycenæans, Cic. poët. Fin. 2, 6, 18.—
