A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Μορμολύκη, Μορμολυκεῖον), or MORMOLYCEION, the same phantom or bugbear as Mormo, and also used for the same purpose. (Philostr. V'it. Apollon. 4.25; Menandr. Reliq. p. 145, ed. Meineke; Aristoph. Thesin. 417 Strab. i. p.19; Stob. Ecloq. p. 1010.)

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