Μίδεια - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μίδεια, πόλις ἐν Ἄργει, ἡ νῦν κώμη, ἡ πρότερον Περσέως πόλις· ἀπὸ Μιδείας τῆς Ἀλωέως θυγατρός. λέγεται καὶ χωρὶς τοῦ « ι » Μιδέα· ὁ πολίτης Μιδεάτης καὶ θηλυκὸν Μιδεᾶτις καὶ Μιδεαῖος. ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἑτέρα πόλις Βοιωτίας. Ὅμηρος “οἵ τε πολυστάφυλον Ἄρνην ἔχον οἵ τε Μίδειαν”. ἔστι καὶ Λυκίας ἄλλη.

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Text Details

Entry	#182
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Edition ids	Meineke 451.14 · Billerbeck Μ182
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count	50

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ὅμηρος (Homer)	(Β 507)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μιδεία	Midea (Mideia) · place · corrected · Q15835164
Ἄργος	Argos · place
Περσεύς	Perseus · person
Μιδεία	Midea (daughter of Aloeus) · person · corrected · Q15835164
Ἀλωεύς	Aloeus · person
Μιδεία	Midea (variant) · place · corrected · Q15835164
Μιδεάτης	Mideates (male inhabitant) · people
Μιδεᾶτις	Mideatis (female inhabitant) · people
Μιδεαῖος	Mideaian / Mideaean (demonym) · people
Βοιωτία	Boeotia · place · corrected · Q187570
Ἄρνη	Arne · place · corrected · Q16488813
Μιδεία	Midea (accusative in Homer) · place · corrected · Q15835164
Λυκία	Lycia · place · corrected · Q18927
Μίδεια in Argos	place · city · Argos · explicit · unresolved
Μίδεια in Boiotia	place · city · Boiotia · explicit · unresolved
Μίδεια in Lykia	place · city · Lykia · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	(named) from Mideia, the daughter of Aloeus.
Eponym Person	formerly Perseus' city (i.e. associated/named with Perseus).

Links

Place links	Midea \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1475.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (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
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	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

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.285

char LCS 19 (8.3%) · word LCS 5 (10.2%)

Stephanos

Μίδεια, πόλις ἐν Ἄργει, ἡ νῦν κώμη, ἡ πρότερον Περσέως πόλις· ἀπὸ Μιδείας τῆς Ἀλωέως θυγατρός. λέγεται καὶ χωρὶς τοῦ « ι » Μιδέα· ὁ πολίτης Μιδεάτης καὶ θηλυκὸν Μιδεᾶτις καὶ Μιδεαῖος. ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἑτέρα πόλις Βοιωτίας. Ὅμηρος “οἵ τε πολυστάφυλον Ἄρνην ἔχον οἵ τε Μίδειαν”. ἔστι καὶ Λυκίας ἄλλη.

Herodian

Εὐρώπῃ. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Κορσία διὰ τοῦ 'ι'. Κροκεαί πόλις Λακωνική, τῶν ἑκατὸν πόλεων μία. λέγεται καὶ ἑνικῶς. Ὀρνεαί κώμη Ἀργείας, ἣ καὶ Ὀρνειαί—ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἑτέρα πόλις μεταξὺ Κορίνθου καὶ Σικυῶνος· καλεῖται δὲ οὕτως ἢ ἀπὸ Ὀρνέως τοῦ Ἐρεχθέως ἢ ἀπὸ Ὀρνέας νύμφης ἢ ὅτι ἐφ´ ὕψους κεῖται ἢ ὁμωνύμως Ὀρνέᾳ τῷ ποταμῷ—ὀξύνεται ὡς πληθυντικά. τὸ δὲ γενεά, δωρεά, ὀχεά περιεκτικά ἐστιν. Τὰ εἰς '…