μύρον [ῠ], τό,
sweet oil, unguent, perfume, [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 31 (_plural_), 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 36, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 23.18, 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 9, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 14 (_plural_), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.22; μύρον ἑψῆσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 946; ὄζω μύρου [prev. author] “Ec.” 524; μ. κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς καταχέαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 398a ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; mixed with wine, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 12.31 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; various kinds in [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.42ff, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 15.688e ff.] Refs 1st c.AD+]; μ. Μενδήσιον, ἠθητόν, [[ “PCair.Zen.” 89.3, 436.1 (3rd c.BC): proverbial, τὸ ἐπὶ τῇ φακῇ μ.] Refs 3rd c.BC+] sweet oil on lentils, i.e. 'a jewel of gold in a swine's snout', [[ 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 1.19.2, compare 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 45, 4th c.BC: Sopater Comicus 14, title of Menippean Satire by Varro. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 place where unguents were sold, perfume-market, τὰ μειράκια.. τἀν τῷ μ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1375, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Polyzelus Comicus 11; οἱ δ᾽ ἐν τῷ μ. λαλεῖτε 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 2; ἵσταται πρὸς τῷ μ. 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 209. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically, anything graceful or charming, [[ Anthologia Graeca 5.89. ] Refs]