Μύρα - Stephanos Ethnika

Μύρα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Μύρα, πόλις Λυκίας, ἀπὸ μύρων ἢ ἀπὸ Μύρωνος ἢ ἀπὸ Μύρου ποταμοῦ παραρρέοντος. ἄμεινον δὲ τὸ πρῶτον. λέγεται καὶ θηλυκῶς καὶ οὐδετέρως. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μυρεύς.

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Text Details

Entry	#245
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 462.17 · Billerbeck Μ245
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count	25

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μύρα	Myra · place
Λυκία	Lycia · place · corrected · Q18927
Μύρων	Myron · person
Μύρος	Myros (river) · place
Μυρεύς	Myr(e)us (demonym) · people
Μύρα	place · explicit · wikidata: Q652024 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	From μύρων (myron), i.e. from 'myrrh' or 'ointments'/'perfumes' (derivation from the common noun).
Eponym Person	From Μύρωνος (Myronos) — i.e. named after a person called Myronos (personal name).
Place Transfer	From the river Μύρος (Myrus) that flows alongside — i.e. named after a nearby river.
Unclear Metalinguistic	'The first is better' — the author states a preference for the first etymology (from μύρων).

Links

Place links	Myra \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1554.jpg
Review	Open review page

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.261

char LCS 89 (72.4%) · word LCS 19 (76.0%)

Stephanos

Μύρα, πόλις Λυκίας, ἀπὸ μύρων ἢ ἀπὸ Μύρωνος ἢ ἀπὸ Μύρου ποταμοῦ παραρρέοντος. ἄμεινον δὲ τὸ πρῶτον. λέγεται καὶ θηλυκῶς καὶ οὐδετέρως. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μυρεύς.

Herodian

καὶ θύρα ἐκτείνοντα τὸ 'α' καὶ συστέλλοντα τὸ 'υ' παροξύνεται, ὡσαύτως καὶ Μύρα πόλις Λυκίας ἀπὸ μύρων ἢ ἀπὸ Μύρωνος ἢ ἀπὸ Μύρου ποταμοῦ παραρρέοντος· ἄμεινον δὲ τὸ πρῶτον. λέγεται καὶ οὐδετέρως. ὡσαύτως καὶ Ψύρα νῆσος μικρὰ πλησίον Χίου, ἣν ὁ ποιητὴς Ψυρίαν καλεῖ »νήσου ἐπὶ Ψυρίης« (Od. γ 171). τὸ δὲ Κύρα ἡ κρήνη ἐκτεῖνον τὸ 'υ' καὶ τὸ 'α' διὰ τοῦ 'η' ἐξηνέχθη Κύρη. σεσημείωται τὸ πυρά ὀξυνόμενον. τὸ…