Μίδεια - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #182
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 451.14 | Billerbeck: Μ182
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count: 50
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ὅμηρος (Homer) (Β 507)
Entities: Μιδεία (Midea (Mideia)) [place], Ἄργος (Argos) [place], Περσεύς (Perseus) [person], Μιδεία (Midea (daughter of Aloeus)) [person], Ἀλωεύς (Aloeus) [person], Μιδεία (Midea (variant)) [place], Μιδεάτης (Mideates (male inhabitant)) [people], Μιδεᾶτις (Mideatis (female inhabitant)) [people], Μιδεαῖος (Mideaian / Mideaean (demonym)) [people], Βοιωτία (Boeotia) [place], Ἄρνη (Arne) [place], Μιδεία (Midea (accusative in Homer)) [place], Λυκία (Lycia) [place]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: (named) from Mideia, the daughter of Aloeus.; Eponym Person: formerly Perseus' city (i.e. associated/named with Perseus).
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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.

Mideia: a city in Argos, now a village, formerly the city of Perseus, [so called] from Mideia, daughter of Aloeus. It is also said without the i, Midea. The citizen is Mideatēs, and the feminine Mideatis, also Mideaios. There is also another city of Boiotia. Homer (Iliad 2.507): “those who held vine-rich Arne, and those [who held] Mideia.” There is also another [Mideia] of Lykia.

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

Herodian 1.327

char LCS 35 (15.3%) · word LCS 6 (12.2%)

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

…ς ἐν πρώτῃ Λυκιακῶν—ὀξύνεται ἐπιθετικὸν ὄν. Τὰ εἰς 'νη' μονογενῆ ἔχοντα τὴν πρὸ τέλους συλλαβὴν εἰς 'ρ' καταλήγουσαν βαρύνεται, πτέρνη, Λέρνη ἡ κρήνη, πέρνη καὶ Πέρνη πόλις Θρᾴκης ἀντικρὺ Θάσου, Τάρνη πόλις Ἀχαΐας, Ἄρνη πόλις Βοιωτίας. Ὅμηρος «οἵ τε πολυστάφυλον τ´ Ἄρνην ἔχον» (Il. Β 507) καὶ Λυκόφρων (v. 644) «Ἄρνης παλαιᾶς γέννα, Τεμμίκων πρόμοι». δευτέρα πόλις Θεσσαλίας, ἄποικος τῆς Βοιωτίας, περὶ ἧς χρησμός «Ἄρνη χηρεύουσα μένει Βοιώτιον ἄνδρα». θυγατέρα δέ φασιν Αἰόλου τὴν…

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 '…