Ἀστέριον

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Ἀστέριον, πόλις Θετταλίας. Ὅμηρος “οἵ τ´ ἔχον Ἀστέριον Τιτάνοιό τε λευκὰ κάρηνα”. ἡ νῦν Πειρεσία. οὕτω δὲ καλεῖται διὰ τὸ λαμπρόν, ὅτι ἐφ´ ὑψηλοῦ ὄρους κειμένη τοῖς πόρρωθεν ὡς ἀστὴρ φαίνεται. ἢ ἀπὸ Ἀστερίου τινὸς [ἥρωος]. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀστεριώτης, καὶ θηλυκὸν Ἀστερηίς, καὶ Ἀστεριεύς.

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Text Details

Entry#502
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 138.17 · Billerbeck Α502
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-07
Word count44

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