Μητρόπολις - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μητρόπολις, [πόλις] Φρυγίας, ὑπὸ τῆς μητρὸς τῶν θεῶν οἰκισθεῖσα, ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τῷ περὶ Φρυγίας. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Φρυγίας ὁμώνυμος. τρίτη Λυδίας. τετάρτη Θεσσαλίας. πέμπτη Ἀκαρνανίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μητροπολίτης. ἕκτη Δωριέων. ἑβδόμη τῶν ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ Μοσσυνοίκων. ὀγδόη Σκυθίας. ἐνάτη Εὐβοίας. δεκάτη τῆς ἄνω Θετταλίας.

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Text Details

Entry	#179
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 451.3
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count	45

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander)	Περὶ Φρυγίας · FGrHist 273 F 78
Περὶ Φρυγίας (On Phrygia (title))	Περὶ Φρυγίας · FGrHist 273 F 78

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μητρόπολις	Metropolis (place name) · place
Φρυγία	Phrygia · place · corrected · Q32579
Λυδία	Lydia · place · corrected · Q620765
Θεσσαλία	Thessaly · place · corrected · Q1247568
Ἀκαρνανία	Acarnania · place · corrected · Q416070
Μητροπολίτης	Metropolitan; inhabitant of Metropolis (ethnic/demonym) · people
Δωριεῖς	Dorians · people · corrected · Q130987
Πόντος	Pontus (region/sea) · place · corrected · Q621672
Μοσσυνοῖκες	Mossynoeci (people of Pontus) · people
Σκυθία	Scythia · place · corrected · Q845909
Εὔβοια	Euboea · place · corrected · Q173096
Θεσσαλία	Thessaly (upper Thessaly) · place · corrected · Q1247568
Metropolis of Phrygia	place · city · Phrygia · explicit · unresolved
Another Metropolis in Phrygia	place · city · Phrygia · implicit · unresolved
Metropolis of Lydia	place · city · Lydia · implicit · unresolved
Metropolis of Thessaly	place · city · Thessaly · implicit · unresolved
Metropolis of Akarnania	place · city · Akarnania · implicit · unresolved
Metropolis of the Dorians	place · city · Dorian territory · implicit · unresolved
Metropolis of the Mossynoikoi in Pontus	place · city · Pontus / land of the Mossynoikoi · implicit · unresolved
Metropolis of Scythia	place · city · Scythia · implicit · unresolved
Metropolis of Euboia	place · city · Euboia · implicit · unresolved
Metropolis of Upper Thessaly	place · city · Upper Thessaly · implicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	'Metropolis: a city of Phrygia, named from the Mother of the Gods (i.e. founded from the Mother of the Gods).' The city's name is derived from the (phrygian) mother-goddess.

Links

Place links	Mitropoli \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1469.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (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 · 3 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + 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
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	μητρόπολις ἡ gloss:4b7494b2aa08d8f1	metropolis Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ὁμωνύμως/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

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.168

char LCS 20 (7.9%) · word LCS 5 (11.1%)

Stephanos

Μητρόπολις, [πόλις] Φρυγίας, ὑπὸ τῆς μητρὸς τῶν θεῶν οἰκισθεῖσα, ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τῷ περὶ Φρυγίας. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Φρυγίας ὁμώνυμος. τρίτη Λυδίας. τετάρτη Θεσσαλίας. πέμπτη Ἀκαρνανίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μητροπολίτης. ἕκτη Δωριέων. ἑβδόμη τῶν ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ Μοσσυνοίκων. ὀγδόη Σκυθίας. ἐνάτη Εὐβοίας. δεκάτη τῆς ἄνω Θετταλ…

Herodian

…λογεῖν, εἰ παρὰ τὸ δέω γένοιτο δέεμος καὶ ἐν συναλοιφῇ δῆμος, τὸ συνδεδεμένον πλῆθος. τὸ γὰρ ἐναντίον λύη ἀπὸ τῆς διαλύσεως. Τὰ εἰς 'αμος' μονογενῆ δισύλλαβα βαρύνεται, πράμος, γάμος, Σάμος ἐπιφανὴς πρὸς τῇ Καρίᾳ νῆσος, ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τῷ περὶ