Βῆσσα - Stephanos Ethnika

Βῆσσα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Βῆσσα, πόλις Λοκρῶν. Ἡρωδιανὸς δι´ ἑνὸς « σ » γράφει, Ἀπολλόδωρος δὲ καὶ Ἐπαφρόδιτος καὶ Ἡρακλέων διὰ δύο. “Βῆσσάν τε Σκάρφην τε καὶ Αὐγειὰς ἐρατεινάς”. ὠνομάσθη δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ τόπου φύσεως ναπώδους οὔσης. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Βησσαῖος.

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Text Details

Entry	#89
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 167.22
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-08
Word count	36

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.266

char LCS 80 (44.9%) · word LCS 15 (42.9%)

Stephanos

Βῆσσα, πόλις Λοκρῶν. Ἡρωδιανὸς δι´ ἑνὸς « σ » γράφει, Ἀπολλόδωρος δὲ καὶ Ἐπαφρόδιτος καὶ Ἡρακλέων διὰ δύο. “Βῆσσάν τε Σκάρφην τε καὶ Αὐγειὰς ἐρατεινάς”. ὠνομάσθη δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ τόπου φύσεως ναπώδους οὔσης. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Βησσαῖος.

Herodian

… ἵδρυται Διόνυσος Βρισαῖος. Νῖσα ἡ πόλις. Νῦσα πόλεις πολλαί, ἐν Ἑλικῶνι, ἐν Θρᾴκῃ, ἐν Καρίᾳ, ἐν Ἀραβίᾳ, ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, ἐν Νάξῳ, ἐν Ἰνδοῖς, ἐπὶ τοῦ Καυκάσου ὄρους, ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ. φῦσα, βῆσσα καὶ Βῆσα πόλις Λοκρῶν δι´ ἑνὸς 'σ', Ἀπολλόδωρος δὲ καὶ Ἐπαφρόδιτος καὶ Ἡρακλέων διὰ δύο »Βῆσσάν τε Σκάρφην τε καὶ Αὐγειὰς ἐρατεινάς« (Β 532). ὠνομάσθη δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ τόπου φύσεως ναπώδους οὔσης. Κρῆσσα πόλις Παφλαγονίας, ἣν