Mysians
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the staunch Mysians
in the texts
Iliad
Trojan-allied people led by Chromis and Ennomos.
Chromis, and Ennomos the augur, led the Mysians, but his skill in augury availed not to save him from destruction, for he fell by the hand of the fleet descendant of Aiakos in the river, where he slew others also of the Trojans.
Now when Zeus had thus brought Hektor and the Trojans to the ships, he left them to their never-ending toil [ ponos], and turned his keen eyes away, looking elsewhere towards the horse-breeders of Thrace, the Mysians, fighters at close quarters, the noble Hippemolgoi, who live on milk, and the Abians, the most just [ dikaioi] of humankind.
Ajax son of Telamon was first to wound Hyrtios son of Gyrtios, leader of the staunch Mysians.
Anabasis
People associated with Orontas' desertion and with later campaigns by Cyrus.
For example, he was once at war with the Pisidians and Mysians and commanded in person an expedition into their territories;
Did you not afterwards, although, as you yourself admit, you had suffered no wrong at my hands, desert me for the Mysians, and do all the harm you could to my territory?
I know that the Mysians are troublesome to you, and I believe that with the force I have I could make them your submissive servants;
Orations
A people invoked as a dismissive comparison for the degraded present-day inhabitants of ruined Greek cities.
since the very inhabitants and those who manage public affairs one would not even call descendants of Mysians;
The Histories
People of Mysia who suffered from the boar on Olympus and appealed to Croesus for help
About this same time a great monster of a boar appeared on the Mysian Olympus, who would come off that mountain and ravage the fields of the Mysians.
But I will send chosen Lydians, and all the huntsmen, and I will tell those who go to be as eager as possible to help you to drive the beast out of the country.
“O King, a great monster of a boar has appeared in the land, who is destroying our fields;
Hellenica
Outpost guards of Pharnabazus's camp, identified as Mysians, killed in Herippidas's night raid.
And when at daybreak he fell upon the encampment of Pharnabazus, many of his outposts, who were Mysians, were slain, the troops themselves scattered in flight, and the camp was captured, and with it many drinking-cups and other articles such as a man like Pharnabazus would naturally have, and besides these things a great deal of baggage and many baggage animals.