Μεδεών

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Μεδεών, Βοιωτικὴ πόλις. καὶ Φωκικὴ ἑτέρα. Στράβων ἐνάτῃ. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Μεδεῶνος τοῦ Πυλάδου καὶ Ἠλέκτρας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μεδεώνιος. ἔστι καὶ τῆς Ἠπείρου πόλις. καὶ κώμη ...

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Text Details

Entry#110
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Edition idsMeineke 439.19 · Billerbeck Μ110
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count26

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)θ (9,2,26 [C 410,24])
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜεδεώνMedeon · place · corrected · Q11936311
ΜεδεώνMedeon · person · corrected · Q11936311
ΠυλάδηςPylades · person
ἨλέκτραElectra · person
ἬπειροςEpirus · place · corrected · Q565751
Medon in Boeotiaplace · city · Boeotia · explicit · unresolved
Medon in Phocisplace · city · Phocis · implicit · wikidata: Q12771305 · candidate
Medon in Epirusplace · city · Epirus · implicit · unresolved
Medon villageplace · village · unspecified · implicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonIt was named after Medeon, son of Pylades, and Electra.

Links

Place linksMedeon | 📍 Map | Pleiades
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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME)
formula:c795eaabedf9a542
Translate as "Χ, in his *Y*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON)
formula:8856d9e4780f3c74
Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON)
formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d
Translate as "X... after Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaτὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM)
formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3
Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossκαλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...)
gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed
is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο)
Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.39
char LCS 85 (64.4%) · word LCS 16 (61.5%)
Stephanos
Μεδεών, Βοιωτικὴ πόλις. καὶ Φωκικὴ ἑτέρα. Στράβων ἐνάτῃ. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Μεδεῶνος τοῦ Πυλάδου καὶ Ἠλέκτρας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μεδεώνιος. ἔστι καὶ τῆς Ἠπείρου πόλις. καὶ κώμη ...
Herodian
…σημείωται τὸ Σούλμων πόλις Σικελίας. τὸ δὲ Κρότων διαστολὴν ἔχει σημαινομένου. Τὰ εἰς 'ων' ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβὰς ἐπὶ πόλεων ὀξύνεσθαι θέλει, εἰ μὴ εἰς 'λων' λήγοι, ἔχοντα πρὸ τοῦ τέλους 'α', ἢ ἔννοιαν συνθέσεως ἔχοι, Ἐλεών, Μεδεών Βοιωτικὴ πόλις. καὶ Φωκικὴ ἑτέρα. Στράβων ἐνάτῃ. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Μεδεῶνος τοῦ Πυλάδου καὶ Ἠλέκτρας. ἔστι καὶ τῆς Ἠπείρου πόλις καὶ κώμη.... Πετεών πόλις Βοιωτίας, Πορφυρεών πόλις Φοινίκη, Μεδιών, Σικυών, Βαβυλών. σεσημείωται τὸ Ἀσκάλων καὶ Καστάλων βαρύτονα ὡς εἰς 'αλων' ληγόμενα· τὸ δὲ

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