Μήθυμνα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Μήθυμνα, πόλις ἐν Λέσβῳ τῇ νήσῳ, ἀπὸ Μηθύμνης τῆς Μάκαρος θυγατρὸς καὶ γυναικὸς Λεπετύμνου. ὁ πολίτης Μηθυμναῖος. οὕτως γὰρ ἀναγράφεται Ἐχεκρατίδης περιπατητικός, Ἀριστοτέλους συνήθης, καὶ Μυρσίλος συγγραφεὺς καὶ Ἀρίων καὶ ἄλλοι πολλοὶ Μηθυμναῖοι. καὶ θηλυκὸν Μηθυμναία χώρα καὶ γυνή.

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Text Details

Entry#173
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 449.16 · Billerbeck Μ173
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count39

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἐχεκρατίδης (Echekratides)—
Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotle)—
Μυρσίλος (Myrsilos)FGrHist 477 T 1
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜήθυμναMethymna (Methymne) · place · corrected · Q38281278
ΛέσβοςLesbos · place · corrected · Q128087
ΜηθύμνηMethymne (eponymous woman) · person
ΜάκαρMacar (Makár) · person
ΛεπετύμνοςLepetymnos · person
ΜηθυμναῖοςMethymnaeans (inhabitants of Methymna) · people
ἈρίωνArion · person
ΜηθυμναίαMethymnaia (feminine form — the land as a woman) · person
Μήθυμναplace · explicit · wikidata: Q38281278 · seeded_headword_alignment
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonFrom Methymna, the daughter of Makaros and the wife of Lepetymnus (i.e., the city is named after the woman Methymna).

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