Μίλητος - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μίλητος, πόλις ἐπιφανὴς ἐν Καρίᾳ τῶν Ἰώνων. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Δίδυμος δ´ ἐν συμποσιακοῖς φησιν ὅτι πρῶτον Λελεγηίς, ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπὸ τῶν ἐνοικούντων Λελέγων, εἶτα Πιτύουσα ἀπὸ τῶν ἐκεῖ πιτύων καὶ ὅτι ἐκεῖ πρῶτον πίτυς ἔφυ. οἱ γὰρ ..... ἐν τοῖς θεσμοφορίοις πίτυος κλάδον ὑπὸ τὴν στιβάδα ... καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ τῆς Δήμητρος ἱερὰ κλῶνον πίτυος τίθεσθαι .... διὰ τὸ ἀρχαῖον τῆς γενέσεως. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἀπὸ Ἄνακτος τοῦ Γῆς καὶ Οὐρανοῦ ὠνομάσθη Ἀνακτορία· ὁ πολίτης Μιλήσιος. οὕτως καὶ Θαλῆς Ἐξαμύου πατρὸς Μιλήσιος ἐχρημάτιζε καὶ Φωκυλίδης καὶ Τιμόθεος κιθαρῳδός, ὃς ἐποίησε νόμων κιθαρῳδικῶν βίβλους ὀκτωκαίδεκα εἰς ἐπῶν ὀκτακισχιλίων τὸν ἀριθμόν, καὶ προνόμια ἄλλων χίλια. θνήσκει δ´ ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ. ἐπιγέγραπται δ´ αὐτῷ τόδε Πάτρα Μίλητος τίκτει Μούσαισι ποθεινόν Τιμόθεον κιθάρας δεξιὸν ἡνίοχον. [ἔστι καὶ Κρητικὴ πόλις Μίλητος· λέγεται δὲ καὶ τὴν Καλυψοῦς νῆσον Μίλητον κληθῆναί ποτε.]

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Text Details

Entry	#184
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 452.7
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count	118

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	Ἀσίᾳ · FGrHist 1 F 240
Δίδυμος (Didymus)	Συμποσιακοῖς · p. 374 fr. 6 Schmidt

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μίλητος	Miletus · place · corrected · Q79999
Καρία	Caria · place · corrected · Q193214
Ἴωνες	Ionians · people
Ἀσία	Asia · place
Λελεγής	Lelegis (former name) · place
Λέλεγες	Leleges · people
Πιτυοῦσσα	Pityoussa · place
Δήμητρα	Demeter · deity
Ἄναξ	Anax (Anaktos) · person
Γῆ	Earth (Gaia) · deity
Οὐρανός	Uranus (Ouranos) · deity
Ἀνακτορία	Anaktoria · place
Μιλησίος	Milesian · people
Θαλῆς	Thales · person · corrected · Q36303
Ἐξαμῦος	Examyus (father's name) · person
Φωκυλίδης	Phocylides · person · corrected · Q972799
Τιμόθεος	Timotheos (Timotheus) · person · corrected · Q669691
Μακεδονία	Macedonia · place · corrected · Q81734
Μοῦσαι	the Muses · deity
Miletos (city in Karia, Ionia)	place · city · Karia / Ionia (Asia Minor) · explicit · wikidata: Q2470261 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	It was first called 'Lelegeis' from the inhabitants called the Leleges.
Morphological Composition	Then 'Pityoussa' from the pines there, and that the pine first grew there.
Eponym Person	Afterwards it was named 'Anaktoria' from Anaktos (of Earth and Heaven).

Links

Place links	Miletus \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
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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 · 3 occurrences
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 · 2 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	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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	γῆ ἡ gloss:728db30aa96e9869	land, dirt, Earth Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES 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 · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἑρμηνεύεται gloss:53a0185fe8830489	interpreted Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	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 · 2 occurrences
Gloss	κρήνη ἡ gloss:55d407396b89d66e	fountain, well Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	λιμή ὁ gloss:6f81c31b2d09b3f3	lake, harbor Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ὄρος ὁ gloss:184051ff413f789d	mountain, mount (X ὄρος = 'Mount X') Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Gloss	πατρίς ἡ gloss:ae29764eb82bc9a3	fatherland Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πόλισμα τό * gloss:9651cd1c383eacc4	town Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	φυλή ἡ gloss:d443eaa1b875776d	tribe 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 1.219

char LCS 163 (23.2%) · word LCS 33 (25.4%)

Stephanos

…πόλις ἐπιφανὴς ἐν Καρίᾳ τῶν Ἰώνων. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Δίδυμος δ´ ἐν συμποσιακοῖς φησιν ὅτι πρῶτον Λελεγηίς, ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπὸ τῶν ἐνοικούντων Λελέγων, εἶτα Πιτύουσα ἀπὸ τῶν ἐκεῖ πιτύων καὶ ὅτι ἐκεῖ πρῶτον πίτυς ἔφυ. οἱ γὰρ ..... ἐν τοῖς θεσμοφορίοις πίτυος κλάδον ὑπὸ τὴν στιβάδα ... καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ τῆς Δήμητρος ἱερὰ κλῶνον πίτυος τίθεσθαι .... διὰ τὸ ἀρχαῖον τῆς γενέσεως. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἀπὸ Ἄνακτος τοῦ Γῆς καὶ Οὐρανοῦ ὠνομάσθη Ἀνακτορία· ὁ πολίτης Μιλήσιος. οὕτως καὶ Θαλῆς Ἐξαμύου πατρὸς Μιλήσιος ἐχρημάτιζε καὶ Φωκυλίδης καὶ Τιμόθεος κιθαρῳδός, ὃς ἐποίησε νόμων κιθαρῳδικῶν βίβλους ὀκτωκαίδεκα εἰς ἐπῶν ὀκτακισχιλίων τὸν ἀριθμόν, καὶ προνόμια ἄλλων χίλια…

Herodian

…ιφανὴς ἐν Καρίᾳ τῶν Ἰώνων. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Δίδυμος δ´ ἐν τοῖς συμποσιακοῖς φησιν, ὅτι πρῶτον Λελεγηίς ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπὸ τῶν ἐνοικούντων Λελέγων, εἶτα Πιτύουσα ἀπὸ τῶν ἐκεῖ πιτύων καὶ ὅτι ἐκεῖ πρῶτον πίτυς ἔφυ. οἱ γὰρ Μιλήσιοι ἐν τοῖς θεσμοφορίοις πίτυος κλάδον ὑπὸ τὴν στιβάδα... καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ τῆς Δήμητρος ἱερὰ κλῶνον πίτυος τίθεσθαι... διὰ τὸ ἀρχαῖον τῆς γενέσεως. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἀπὸ Ἄνακτος τοῦ Γῆς καὶ Οὐρανοῦ ὠνομάσθη Ἀνακτορία. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Κρητικὴ πόλις Μίλητος. λέγεται δὲ καὶ τὴν Καλυψοῦς νῆσον Μίλητον κληθῆναί ποτε. Κόρητος. Κατάρητος ὁ ποταμός. Αἴνητος ὄνομα κύριον, τρύγητος

Herodian 1.84

char LCS 33 (4.7%) · word LCS 5 (3.8%)

Stephanos

Μίλητος, πόλις ἐπιφανὴς ἐν Καρίᾳ τῶν Ἰώνων. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Δίδυμος δ´ ἐν συμποσιακοῖς φησιν ὅτι πρῶτον Λελεγηίς, ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπὸ τῶν ἐνοικούντων Λελέγων, εἶτα Πιτύουσα ἀπὸ τῶν ἐκεῖ πιτύων καὶ ὅτι ἐκεῖ πρῶτον πίτυς ἔφυ. οἱ γὰρ ..... ἐν τοῖς θεσμοφορίοις πίτυος κλάδον ὑπὸ τὴν στιβάδα ... καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ τῆς Δήμητρος ἱερὰ κλῶνον πίτυος τίθεσθαι .... διὰ τὸ ἀρχαῖον τῆς γενέσεως.…

Herodian

…αληΐς, βασιληΐς, Οἰτηΐς, Βοιβηΐς, Καδμηΐς. ἐκαλεῖτο οὕτως ἡ Βοιωτία ὡς Θουκυδίδης (I 12), Βρυγηΐς, Παταρηΐς, Πελοπηΐς, Γολγηΐς, Μινυηΐς, Ῥοιτηΐς, Γρυνηΐς, Θυνηΐς, Δολοπηΐς ἡ χώρα τῶν Δολόπων, Λελεγηΐς. οὕτω πρῶτον Μίλητος ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπὸ τῶν ἐνοικούντων Λελέγων, ὡς Δίδυμος ἐν συμποσιακοῖς. Λιλυβηΐς, Λυκτηΐς, Δραγγηΐς, Ταμυνηΐς, Δρυοπηΐς, Δωτηΐς. Ῥιανὸς ἐν δʹ Μεσσηνιακῶν »αὐδὴν εἰσάμενος Δωτηΐδι Νικοτελείῃ«. Μελανηΐς· οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο Ἐρέτρια ἀπὸ Μελανέως τοῦ Εὐρύτου πατρός. Δρυη…