Μέγασα

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Μέγασα, ὡς Γέρασα, πόλις Λιβύης. Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει Ἀσίας “ἐξ αὐτῆς Σιτοφάγοι καὶ Ἀροτῆρες ....

Gerasa">Megasa: as 'Gerasa', a city of Libya. Hekataios in the Periegesis of Asia: "from it the Sitophagoi and Aroteres....

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

Text Details

Entry#108
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 439.15
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count13

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)Περιηγήσει Ἀσίας · FGrHist 1 F 335
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜέγασαMegasa · place
ΓέρασαGerasa · place
ΛιβύηLibya · place · corrected · Q2370577
ἈσίαAsia · place
Megasa in Libyaplace · city · Libya · explicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear Metalinguistic“Megasa; (called) Gerasa, a city of Libya.” (i.e. the name is given as Gerasa)

Links

Place linksMegasa (Pauly-Wissowa)
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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON)
formula:4e7b910409d678a8
Translate as "'X' is from Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH)
formula:1bb0974b95264dde
Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE)
formula:0a6d211492d74a05
Translate as "a X of the Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION)
formula:1040044f9f2bf616
Translate as "a X in Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME)
formula:d915b1886270056c
Translate as "as per X"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:7163e35f4bd326d9
Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.389
char LCS 64 (85.3%) · word LCS 10 (76.9%)
Stephanos
Μέγασα, ὡς Γέρασα, πόλις Λιβύης. Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει Ἀσίας “ἐξ αὐτῆς Σιτοφάγοι καὶ Ἀροτῆρες ....
Herodian
…ου Τίβυριν πόλιν Ἰταλίας καλεῖ. * Τὰ εἰς 'σον' οὐδέτερα ὑπερδισύλλαβα προπαροξύνεται, Δύνδασον πόλις Καρίας. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τῷ περὶ Καρίας βʹ »αὖθις δ´ ἐπὶ Δύνδασον καὶ Κάλυνδα ὁρμῆσαι«. Ἄμβασον μητρόπολις τῶν Φρυγῶν. Μέγασα πόλις Λιβύης. Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει Ἀσίας »ἐξ αὐτῆς Σιτοφάγοι καὶ Ἀροτῆρες......« Μέδμασα πόλις Καρίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Ἅρπασα πόλις Καρίας ἀπὸ Ἁρπάσου ποταμοῦ. Βάργασα πόλις Καρίας ἀπὸ Βαργάσου τοῦ υἱοῦ Βάργης καὶ Ἡρακλέους, ὃν ἐδίωξε Λάμος ὁ Ὀμφάλης καὶ Ἡρακλέους, ὡς Ἀπολλώνιος Καρικῶν τετάρτ…

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