Ἄψυνθος - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἄψυνθος, πόλις Θρᾴκης. Ἀψυνθίς δὲ ἡ χώρα. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀψύνθιος καὶ Ἀψυνθιάς. ἔστι καὶ εἶδος φυτοῦ, περὶ οὗ Βῶλος ὁ Δημοκρίτειος. ὅτι Θεόφραστος ἐν τῷ περὶ φυτῶν ἐνάτῳ, τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ τὸ ἀψύνθιον νεμόμενα οὐκ ἔχει χολήν. διχῶς δ´ ἡ γραφὴ καὶ διὰ τοῦ « υ » καὶ διὰ τοῦ « ι ».

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Text Details

Entry	#578
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 153.8
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-07
Word count	52

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his Y"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	Χ (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:c22408ee90fd1a1e	*Translate as "X, in book Y of his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χώρα ἡ gloss:54f628c16aa263ce	region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις); land (remote or poetical places) 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 1.147

char LCS 32 (15.0%) · word LCS 12 (23.1%)

Stephanos

…όλις Θρᾴκης. Ἀψυνθίς δὲ ἡ χώρα. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀψύνθιος καὶ Ἀψυνθιάς. ἔστι καὶ εἶδος φυτοῦ, περὶ οὗ Βῶλος ὁ Δημοκρίτειος. ὅτι Θεόφραστος ἐν τῷ περὶ φυτῶν ἐνάτῳ, τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ τὸ ἀψύνθιον νεμόμενα οὐκ ἔχει χολήν. διχῶς δ´ ἡ γραφὴ καὶ διὰ τοῦ « υ » καὶ διὰ τοῦ « ι ».

Herodian

… πέπειρον καὶ Ὄλυνθος πόλις Θρᾴκης ἀπὸ Ὀλύνθου τοῦ Ἡρακλέους. Ἀράκυνθος ὄρος Βοιωτίας, ἀφ´ οὗ ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ Ἀρακυνθιὰς ὡς Ῥιανὸς ἐν τῇ Φήμῃ «κλῦθί μοι εὐχάων Ἀρακυνθιὰς εὐπατέρεια». Ἄψυνθος πόλις Θρᾴκης. ἔστι καὶ εἶδος φυτοῦ. διχῶς δ´ ἡ γραφὴ καὶ διὰ τοῦ 'υ' καὶ διὰ τοῦ 'ι'. Ζήρυνθος πόλις καὶ ἄντρον Ἑκάτης ἐν Θρᾴκῃ. Λυκόφρων (v. 77) «Ζήρυνθον ἄντρον τῆς κυνοσφαγοῦς θεᾶς». Ζάκυνθος ὁ Δαρδάνου καὶ ἀπ´ αὐτοῦ πόλις. ἀρσενικῶς Ὅμηρος καὶ θηλυκῶς «καὶ ὑλήεσσα Ζάκυνθος» (Od. ι 24) καὶ «ὑλήεντα …