Βάλκεια - Stephanos Ethnika

Βάλκεια OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Βάλκεια, πόλις περὶ τὴν Προποντίδα. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Βαλκειάτης καὶ Βαλκείτης.

Balkeia: a city on the Propontis. The ethnonyms are 'Balkeiates' and 'Balkeites'.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#27
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 157.9
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-07
Word count	10
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Βάλκεια	Balkeia · place
Προποντίς	Propontis (Sea of Marmara) · place

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Balkeia, a city near the Propontis. Its ethnic designation is Balkeiates and Balkeites.

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 3 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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 1.277

char LCS 29 (48.3%) · word LCS 5 (50.0%)

Stephanos

Βάλκεια, πόλις περὶ τὴν Προποντίδα. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Βαλκειάτης καὶ Βαλκείτης.

Herodian

…ιαν ἔφασαν. ἀκρώρεια ἄκρον ὄρους. Ἀλύζεια πόλις Ἀκαρνανίας ἀπὸ τοῦ παιδὸς Ἰκαρίου κληθεῖσα Ἀλύζου. Ἀμάσεια πόλις Ποντική. Ἄμφεια πόλις Μεσσήνης. Παυσανίας τετάρτῳ ( 5, 8). Ἁρπαλύκεια πόλις Φρυγίας κτίσμα Γορδιοτειχιτῶν. Βάλκεια πόλις περὶ τὴν Προποντίδα. Βατίεια τόπος τῆς Τρωάδος ὑψηλὸς ἀπὸ Βατείας τινός, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος ἐν πρώτῃ Τρωϊκῶν ἤ, ὡς Ἐπαφρόδιτός φησιν, ἀπὸ τοῦ πάτου τῶν ἵππων ἤγουν τῆς ἀναστροφῆς τροπῇ τοῦ 'π' εἰς 'β' ἢ ἀπὸ τῶν βάτων. Ὅμηρος (Β 813) «τὴν ἤτοι ἄν…