ἐσσήν(A),ῆνος,ὁ,
A. priest of Artemisof Ephesus, in pl., SIG 352.6
(iv B. C.), 363.10
(iii B.C.), Paus. 8.13.1 .
II. king,
θεῶν ἐ.
Call. Jov. 66
; Μυρμιδόνων ἐ.
Id. Aet. 1.1.23
(expld. as,=οἰκιστήςby Hdn.Gr. 2.923 ) : prop.king bee(i. e.queen bee), acc. to EM 383.31 . (ἑσσήνin Call. Aet. 1.1.23 (Pap.), perh. because of supposed connexion withἑσμός, ἕσσαι,orἡσσάω.)