Μυλαντία

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Μυλαντία OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Entry #236
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 461.12 | Billerbeck: Μ236
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count: 22
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Μυλαντία (Mylantia) [place], Καμίρος (Kamiros) [place], Ῥόδος (Rhodes) [place], Μυλάντειοι θεοί (Mylantian gods) [deity], Μύλαντος (Mylantos) [person]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: From Mylantos (are) both; he was also the first to discover in his lifetime the use of the mill.
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Μυλαντία, ἄκρα ἐν Καμίρῳ τῆς Ῥόδου. Μυλάντειοι θεοί. ἀπὸ Μύλαντος ἀμφότερα, τοῦ καὶ πρώτου εὑρόντος ἐν τῷ βίῳ τὴν τοῦ μύλου χρῆσιν.
Mylantos, Mylantya, Myllantia">Mylantia: a headland in Kameiros on Rhodes. “Mylantian gods.” Both terms are derived from Mylas, who was also the first to discover in human life the use of the mill.

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.55
char LCS 24 (22.9%) · word LCS 7 (31.8%)
Stephanos
Μυλαντία, ἄκρα ἐν Καμίρῳ τῆς Ῥόδου. Μυλάντειοι θεοί. ἀπὸ Μύλαντος ἀμφότερα, τοῦ καὶ πρώτου εὑρόντος ἐν τῷ βίῳ τὴν τοῦ μύλου χρῆσιν.
Herodian
μέλας. Γάλας, Κάλας, Φύλας, Μύλας ὁ πρῶτος εὑρὼν ἐν τῷ βίῳ τὴν τοῦ μύλου χρῆσιν, Χήλας, Ἄτλας ἔθνος Λιβυκόν. Ἡρόδοτος τετάρτῃ (c. 184). ἔστι δὲ τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ τῶν ὀρῶν τῶν δύο Ἀτλάντων. Ῥιανὸς δὲ ἐν Ἀχαϊκῶν δευτέρᾳ Ἀτάραντας εἶναί φησι καὶ μετ´ αὐτοὺς Ἄτλαντας. Πτερέλας, Κωτέλας, Ζηΐλας πατὴρ Νικομήδ…