Μῆλος

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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.

Melos: an island, one of the Cyclades, having a homonymous city. Phoenicians then were its earlier founders, whence it was also called Byblis from the Byblian Phoenicians; but also Zephyria; the citizen "Diagoras the Melian and..... the poet", and Sokrates according to Aristophanes. But those in Thessaly Melieis. There is also a village of Akarnania, whose ethnic is Melieus and with 'a' in Doric. From 'Melios' are also said Melieus and Meliakos and Melis the land.

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#176
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 450.9
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count66

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἀριστοφάνης (Aristophanes)Nu. 830
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜῆλοςMilos · place · corrected · Q65082802
ΚύκλαδεςCyclades · place · corrected · Q171132
ΦοῖνικεςPhoenicians · people · corrected · Q41642
ΒύβλοςByblos (Byblos/Byblis) · place
ΒύβλοςByblians / Byblos (gen.) · people
ΦοῖνικεςPhoenicians (gen.) · people · corrected · Q41642
ΖεφυρίαZephyria · place
ΔιαγόραςDiagoras · person
ΜῆλιοςMilesian (epithet) · people
ΣωκράτηςSocrates · person
ΘετταλίαThessaly · place · corrected · Q1247568
ΜηλιεύςMilesians · people
ἈκαρνανίαAcarnania · place · corrected · Q416070
ΜηλιεύςMilesian (ethnic) · people
ΜηλιακόςMeliac / Meliakos (ethnic/adjectival) · other
ΜηλίςMelis (name of the land) · place
Melos (Cycladic island and city)place · island · Cyclades · explicit · wikidata: Q203979 · candidate
Melieis in Thessalyplace · ethnic/group designation · Thessaly · implicit · unresolved
Melie, village of Acarnaniaplace · village · Acarnania · implicit · wikidata: Q106018101 · candidate
Melis, the country/name formplace · country/territory · unspecified · explicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Borrowing Non GreekThe Phoenicians were earlier settlers, whence it was also called 'Byblis' (or 'Byblos') from the Byblians (the Phoenicians).
Eponym PersonIt is said to be from 'Mēlios' (i.e. the name derives from a person/figure called Mēlios).
Morphological CompositionThe 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).

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
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
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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
Formulaδιὰ τοῦ + «X» (GREEK LETTER) + [FORM OF γράφειν]
formula:93bec21ca1d8a38f
Translate as "writes/write/wrote/is written with X"
Domain: SPELLING & PROSODY
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaκαί + 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
Formulaὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC)
formula:9b2896a329a36c7e
Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		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
Glossκώμη ἡ
gloss:e14972622087326b
village
Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossὁμωνύμως/ὁμώνυμος -ον
gloss:0fbae2a88778c0fa
homonymous, having the same name
Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossπολίτης ὁ
gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb
citizen
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossχώρα 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
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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…

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