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Flowers very fmall, whitifh, Fruit obovate, fmooth, 
nearly the fize of pepper, hanging down. Native of the 
Weft Indies. 
4. Myginda pallens, or pale-leaved myginda : leaves 
elliptical, very obtufe, crenate, fmooth, nearly feflile 5 
ftyles combined ; petals wavy. Gathered in Antigua by 
Mafl'on. This is the fize of the laft, with which it agrees 
in habit; but tire leaves are of a lighter more yellovvilh- 
green, fhorter ftalks, and in fome degree fcattered ; the 
adult ones paler beneath. The fiower-ftalks are twice 
forked ; the central flower, as well as the reft, elevated on 
a (lender fmooth partial ftalk. 
The firft three fpecies are laid to have been introduced, 
into the Englifh gardens between the years 1790 and 1798. 
They are kept in the ftove, and are evergreen, flowering 
at various times. Jacquin fays the fecond bloflomed with 
him the year after the feed was committed to the ground, 
the plant not being above fix inches high. We have never 
heard of the fourth being brought to Europe. 
MYIA'GRUS, in the heathen mythology, a name 
given fometimes to Jupiter, and fometimes to Hercules, 
on occafion of their being facrificed to, for the driving 
away the vaft number of flies which infefted the lacrifices 
on certain public occafions. The word is ufually fpelt 
Myagrvs; but this nuift be an error, as this word does 
not exprefs the “ fly-deftroyer,” but “ the moufe-de- 
ftroyer and we have it fufficiently teftified by the an¬ 
cients, that flies were the only creatures againft whom 
this deity was invoked. Pliny calls this deity alfo Myiodes; 
and tells us, that the flies which ufed to pefter the Olym¬ 
pic rites went away in whole clouds on the facrificing 
a bull to this god. We find in Athenasus alfo, that this 
facrificing to the god of flies at the Olympic games was a 
eonftant cuftom. Some diftinguilh thefe two deities, and 
tell us that the latter, or Myiodes, ufed to vifit the na¬ 
tions in vengeance, with a vaft multitude of flies ; and 
that, on paying him the due honours of a facrifice, they 
all went away again ; and this feems to agree with what 
Pliny tells us in fome places. 
At the time of the Olympic games, Jupiter was wor- 
fliipped under the name of Apomyos, or Myiagrus Dens, 
to fupplicate the deftruction of thofe troublelome crea¬ 
tures. This happened only once in many years, when 
the facrifices were performed there ; but the Elians wor- 
fhipped him continually under this name, to deprecate 
the vengeance of heaven, which ufually lent, as they ex- 
prefled it, an arm)' of flies and other infefts, toward the 
latter end of the fummer, that infefted the whole country 
with ficknefs and peftilence. 
MYHI'E, a river of Hindooftan, which rifes near 
Dhar, and runs into the Gulf of Cambay near the city of 
Cambay. 
MY'LA, a river of Holftein, which runs into the North 
Sea two miles weft of Meldorp. 
MY'LAi, or Myles, now Mc-lazzo, a town of Sicily, 
fituated towards the weft. This fmall town has been re- 
cognifed as the place near which the fleet of Auguftus, 
under the command of Agrippa, obtained an advantage 
over that of the younger Pompey.-^-Allb, a ftrong towm 
of Theflaly, w'hich however was taken, and abandoned to 
pillage. 
MYXAN'TIA, a promontory of the Ifle of Rhodes, in 
which was the town of Camirus. 
MYLA'ON, a fmall river of Arcadia, w'eft of Megalo¬ 
polis, which ran from the fouth-weft to the north-eaft, 
and emptied itfelf into the Alpheus. 
MYLA'SA, or Mylas'sa, in ancient geography, a no¬ 
ble city of Caria in Afia Minor, fituated about three 
leagues from the Sinus Ceramicus. It was the capital of 
Hecatomnus king of Caria, and father of Maufolus. 
Caria was taken by Mithridates, and afterwards by La- 
bienus, whofe father had been one of Ctefar’s generals. 
Hybrias, whole eloquence and valour delervedly entitled 
him to a diftinguilhed rank among his countrymen, in 
vain encouraged them to make a moll obftinate defence 
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while it was befieged by the latter. He himfelf was 
obliged to yield to ne.ceftity, and to take refuge at Rhodes ; 
but fcarcely had the conqueror quitted the city, when 
Hybrias returned, and reftored liberty to his country. 
At length the Romans left to Mylafa that liberty of 
which it rendered itfelf fo worthy by the great efforts it 
made to preferve it. Pliny calls it Mylafa libera. Strabo 
informs us, that it was one of the molt magnificent cities 
of antiquity, and one of thole, the temples, porticoes, 
and other public monuments, of which, were highly ad¬ 
mired. A quarry of white marble in the neighbourhood 
furnilhed it with abundance of materials for erecting 
thefe edifices. The Mylafians had two temples dedicated 
to Jupiter: one fituated in the city, which was named 
OJbgo; and another built on a mountain, at the diftance 
of lixty leagues. The latter was dedicated to Jupiter 
Stratius, or the Warrior. His ftatue, which was very an¬ 
cient, inlpired great veneration; people came from all 
quarters to implore his protection ; and, for the greater 
accommodation of his votaries, a payed way was conftruft- 
ed, which reached from Mylafa to this venerable fabric. 
This city is now called Mei.asso, which fee. Of all 
the ancient temples which formerly ornamented it, one 
only efcaped the power of time, the blind zeal of the 
early Chriftians, and the barbarous fuperllition of the 
Mahometans: this monument was dedicated to Auguftus 
and the divinity of Rome. When Pococke vifited Me- 
laflo, it was perfect and entire; but at prefent no traces 
of it remain, except a few fragments, which have been 
employed to conllruft a Turkilh molque. 
MY'LAU, or Muh'lau, a town of Saxony, in the 
Vogtland, on the Golfch : three miles fouth-eaft of Greitz, 
and eight north-eaft of Plauen. 
MY'LES, a town of the ifland of Samos : two miles 
weft of Cora. 
MYLIYE, or Mylias, in ancient geography, a coun¬ 
try which originally made a part of Greater Phrygia, but, 
in procefs of time, it was referred to Lycia. 
MYLIT'TA, a furname of Venus among the Afly- 
rians, in whole temples the women were obliged to prof- 
titute themfelves to ftrangers. Herodot. c. 131, 199. 
MYLNE (James), an obfeure dramatic writer, was 
born June 4, 1737, at Suttie Rains, in the neighbourhood 
of Haddington, Eaft Lothian. He was educated at the 
univerfity of Edinburgh; but, inftead of engaging in 
any of the learned profeflions, he adopted the purfuit of 
agriculture, and rented the farm of Lochill, near Had¬ 
dington, which was formerly in the polfeflion of his great¬ 
grandfather, and is now occupied by his fon, who fuc- 
ceeded to the leafe on his death in 1789. He was author 
of, 1. Britifh Kings, a tragedy; 2. Darthiila, a tragedy; 
which were publiflied with his poems, in 8vo. 1790, by his 
fon after his death, and dedicated to Mr. Dundas. 
MY'LON, in ancient geography, a town of Egypt, 
mentioned by Athenaeus and Styph. Byz. which gave 
name to the Mylopolite nome. 
MY'LON, f. in furgery, is ufed for the largeft tumours 
of the ftaphylomatous kind in the corner and uvea of the 
eyes. 
MYLO'THROS, f. in ancient mufic, the name of a 
Greek fong, proper for millers and bakers. The fame, 
perhaps, as the Epiaulia. 
MYL'PHkE, f. A difeafe which occafions a defebt of 
hair on the eyelids. 
MYNA'MA, a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar: feven- 
teen miles fouth-eaft of Durbungah. Lat. 26. 1. N. Ion. 
86. 21. E. 
MYNAR', a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar: four miles 
north-eaft of Bettiah. 
MYNATNAGUR', a town of Bengal : twenty-five 
miles north-north-weft of Boglipour. 
MYNATPOU'R, a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar; 
thirty-tw'o miles north of Durbungah. Lat. 26. 38. N. 
Ion. 86. 15. E. 
MYN'CHEN, f. [Saxon.] A nun. 
MYN'DER, 
