Μοτύη - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #216
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 457.8 | Billerbeck: Μ216
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count: 25
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 76 [Εὐρώπῃ], Φίλιστος (Philistus) FGrHist 556 F 64
Entities: Μοτύη (Motyē (Motye)) [place], Σικελία (Sicily) [place], Μοτύη (Motyē (female)) [person], Ἡρακλῆς (Heracles) [deity], Εὐρώπη (Europe) [place], Μοτυαῖος (Motyaean (demonym)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: From Motyē, a woman who reported to Heracles those who had driven off his cattle.
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Μοτύη, πόλις Σικελίας, ἀπὸ Μοτύης γυναικὸς μηνυσάσης Ἡρακλεῖ τοὺς ἐλάσαντας τοὺς αὐτοῦ βοῦς. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Φίλιστος δὲ φρούριον αὐτήν φησι Σικελίας παραθαλάττιον. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μοτυαῖος.

Motyē: a city of Sicily, named after Motyē, a woman who informed Herakles about those who had driven off his cattle. Hekataios in his *Europe*. Philistos, however, says that it is a coastal fort in Sicily. The ethnic is Motyaîos (Motyaean).

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Herodian 1.307

char LCS 134 (85.9%) · word LCS 21 (84.0%)

Stephanos

Μοτύη, πόλις Σικελίας, ἀπὸ Μοτύης γυναικὸς μηνυσάσης Ἡρακλεῖ τοὺς ἐλάσαντας τοὺς αὐτοῦ βοῦς. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Φίλιστος δὲ φρούριον αὐτήν φησι Σικελίας παραθαλάττιον. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μοτυαῖος.

Herodian

πολυίστωρ »γῆ Ὀλυμπία, Ὠκεανία, Ἐσχατιά, Κορυφή, Ἑσπερία, Ὀρτυγία, Ἀμμωνίς, Αἰθιοπία, Κυρήνη, Ὀφιοῦσσα, Λιβύη, Κηφηνία, Ἀερία«. Βιζύη πόλις Θρᾴκης τὸ τῶν Ἀστῶν βασίλειον, Μιλύη ἡ γυνὴ Σολύμου, ἀφ´ ἧς Μιλύαι. Μοτύη πόλις Σικελίας ἀπὸ Μοτύης γυναικὸς μηνυσάσης Ἡρακλεῖ τοὺς ἐλάσαντας τοὺς αὐτοῦ βοῦς. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Φίλιστος δὲ φρούριον αὐτήν φησι Σικελίας παραθαλάσσιον. Πισύη πόλις Καρίας. λέγεται καὶ Πιτύη. Μαντύη πόλις Ῥωμαίων, ἣ καὶ Μαντύα. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ωη' ὀξύνεται, ζωή, θωή ἡ ζημία, τοῦτο δὲ καὶ σὺν τῷ 'ι', ἐξ οὗ καὶ τὸ ἀθῷος, δμῳή, ἐρωή, ἰωή, ἀλῳή· τοῦτο δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀλοιῶ ῥήμ…