Μυργέται

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Μυργέται OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
people
Entry #246
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 463.1 | Billerbeck: Μ246
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count: 14
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 190 [Εὐρώπῃ], Ἡρωδιανός (Herodian) 2,552,15
Entities: Μυργέται (Myrgetae) [people], Σκύθαι (Scythians) [people], Εὐρώπη (Europe) [place]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: In some passages of Herodotus (2.552.15) it is written with dia <***>geton, wrongly.
Source: e9783110219630_i1554.jpg
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Μυργέται, ἔθνος Σκυθικόν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἔν τισι δὲ τῶν Ἡρωδιανοῦ γράφεται διὰ « γ » [Γυργ]ετῶν κακῶς.
Myrgetae: a Scythian people. Hecataeus in the *Europa*. But in certain copies of Herodian it is written with the reading “…-getae” (διὰ <***>γετῶν), incorrectly.

Herodian overlaps

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

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.