Μῆλος - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μῆλος, νῆσος μία τῶν Κυκλάδων, ὁμώνυμον ἔχουσα πόλιν. Φοίνικες οὖν οἰκισταὶ πρότερον, ὅθεν καὶ Βυβλίς ἐκλήθη ἀπὸ τῶν Βυβλίων Φοινίκων· ἀλλὰ καὶ Ζεφυρία· ὁ πολίτης “Διαγόρας ὁ Μήλιος καὶ ..... ποιητής”, καὶ Σωκράτης κατ´ Ἀριστοφάνην. οἱ δ´ ἐν Θετταλίᾳ Μηλιεῖς. ἔστι καὶ κώμη τῆς Ἀκαρνανίας, ἧς τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μηλιεύς καὶ διὰ τοῦ « α » δωρικῶς. λέγεται καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Μήλιος Μηλιεύς καὶ Μηλιακός καὶ Μηλίς ἡ χώρα.

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Text Details

Entry	#176
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 450.9
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count	66

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἀριστοφάνης (Aristophanes)	Nu. 830

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μῆλος	Milos · place · corrected · Q65082802
Κύκλαδες	Cyclades · place · corrected · Q171132
Φοῖνικες	Phoenicians · people · corrected · Q41642
Βύβλος	Byblos (Byblos/Byblis) · place
Βύβλος	Byblians / Byblos (gen.) · people
Φοῖνικες	Phoenicians (gen.) · people · corrected · Q41642
Ζεφυρία	Zephyria · place
Διαγόρας	Diagoras · person
Μῆλιος	Milesian (epithet) · people
Σωκράτης	Socrates · person
Θετταλία	Thessaly · place · corrected · Q1247568
Μηλιεύς	Milesians · people
Ἀκαρνανία	Acarnania · place · corrected · Q416070
Μηλιεύς	Milesian (ethnic) · people
Μηλιακός	Meliac / Meliakos (ethnic/adjectival) · other
Μηλίς	Melis (name of the land) · place
Melos (Cycladic island and city)	place · island · Cyclades · explicit · wikidata: Q203979 · candidate
Melieis in Thessaly	place · ethnic/group designation · Thessaly · implicit · unresolved
Melie, village of Acarnania	place · village · Acarnania · implicit · wikidata: Q106018101 · candidate
Melis, the country/name form	place · country/territory · unspecified · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Borrowing Non Greek	The Phoenicians were earlier settlers, whence it was also called 'Byblis' (or 'Byblos') from the Byblians (the Phoenicians).
Eponym Person	It is said to be from 'Mēlios' (i.e. the name derives from a person/figure called Mēlios).
Morphological Composition	The ethnicon is 'Mēlieus' (Μηλιεύς) and — via Doric α — forms such as 'Mēlia-kos' (Μηλιακὸς) and 'Mēlís' (Μηλὶς) are used for the country (i.e. these are formed from the base name).

Links

Place links	Milos \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1462.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (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
Formula	X (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
Formula	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ 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
Gloss	καλεῖται/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
Gloss	χώρα ἡ gloss:54f628c16aa263ce	region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις); land (remote or poetical places) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.155

char LCS 35 (11.1%) · word LCS 6 (9.2%)

Stephanos

Μῆλος, νῆσος μία τῶν Κυκλάδων, ὁμώνυμον ἔχουσα πόλιν. Φοίνικες οὖν οἰκισταὶ πρότερον, ὅθεν καὶ Βυβλίς ἐκλήθη ἀπὸ τῶν Βυβλίων Φοινίκων· ἀλλὰ καὶ Ζεφυρία· ὁ πολίτης “Διαγόρας ὁ Μήλιος καὶ ..... ποιητής”, καὶ Σωκράτης κατ´ Ἀριστοφάνην. οἱ δ´ ἐν Θετταλίᾳ Μηλιεῖς. ἔστι καὶ κώμ…

Herodian

…αμοῦ». λέγεται δὲ κατὰ διάλεκτον Νῆλος. καὶ τὸ δειλός ὀξύνεται. Τὰ εἰς 'λος' δισύλλαβα κύρια τῷ 'η' παραληγόμενα περισπᾶται, οἷον Μῆλος Μαντοῦς υἱός, ἀφ´ οὗ Μαλόεις τόπος ἐν Λέσβῳ, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος ἐν Λεσβιακῶν πρώτῳ καὶ Μῆλος μία τῶν Κυκλάδων ὁμώνυμον ἔχουσα πόλιν. ἔστι καὶ κώμη τῆς Ἀκαρνανίας. Βῆλος ὁ Ζεύς καὶ Βῆλος ἡ καὶ Μῆλος πρὸς ταῖς Ἡρακλέους στήλαις ἀμφοτέρων ἐτύμως λεγομένων τῷ τοὺς ἀρχαιοὺς βηλὸν λέγειν τὸν οὐδὸν τῆς θύρας καὶ ταύτην κεῖσθαι παρὰ τὸν οὐδὸν τοῦ Ὠκεανοῦ. Μ…

Herodian 1.146

char LCS 30 (9.6%) · word LCS 5 (7.7%)

Stephanos

Μῆλος, νῆσος μία τῶν Κυκλάδων, ὁμώνυμον ἔχουσα πόλιν. Φοίνικες οὖν οἰκισταὶ πρότερον, ὅθεν καὶ Βυβλίς ἐκλήθη ἀπὸ τῶν Βυβλίων Φοινίκων· ἀλλὰ καὶ Ζεφυρία· ὁ πολίτης “Διαγόρας ὁ Μήλιος καὶ ..... ποιητής”, καὶ Σωκράτης κατ´ Ἀριστοφάνην. οἱ δ´ ἐν Θετταλίᾳ Μηλιεῖς. ἔστι καὶ κώμ…

Herodian

…Λάπιθος ἀφ´ οὗ Λαπίθης, λέκιθος, ἔριθος, Μίκυθος, ἄκυθος ἡ μὴ τίκτουσα, μαμμάκυθος ὁ μωρός, Αἴνηθος ὄρος. Αἰσχύλος. Λάπηθος πόλις Κύπρου. Ἀλέξανδρος Ἐφέσιος «Βήλου δ´ αὖ Κίτιόν τε καὶ ἱμερόεσσα Λάπηθος». Πεπάρηθος νῆσος τῶν Κυκλάδων ὁμώνυμον ἔχουσα πόλιν. Σεσάρηθος πόλις Ταυλαντίνων, ὥς φησιν Ἑκαταῖος. Κάνηθος, Ὄρηθος, Σέβηθος ὄνομα ποταμοῦ. ἐπίληθος «νηπενθές τ´ ἄχολόν τε, κακῶν ἐπίληθον ἁπάντων» (Od. δ 221). Ναύαιθος ποταμὸς Ἰταλίας. Φάρβαιθος πόλις Αἰγύπτου. Κέλαιθος…