Ἀστέριον - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἀστέριον OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Entry #502
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 138.17 | Billerbeck: Α502
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-07
Word count: 44
Source: vol1_366.jpg
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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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