Ancient Greek
Section 309
Anonymous, Scholia in Dionysii Byzantii per Bosporum navigationem (scholia vetera) 309
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Ἔνθα Μελάγχλαινοί τε] Ὀνόματα ταῦτα ἐθνῶν· καὶ ἴσως ἐκ τοῦ συμβεβηκότος ἐκλήθησαν. Τούτων δὲ καὶ ὁ Ποιητὴς (Il. ν, 5) ἐμνήσθη, ὅτε καὶ περὶ τῶν Μυσῶν ἔλεγεν. Ἄλλοι δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς ἐσθῆτος, οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς τροφῆς, ἕτεροι δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ χρώματος τούτους ὀνομασθῆναι ὑπενόησαν.