Μύρινα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Μύρινα, πόλις ἐν Λήμνῳ. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἔστι καὶ τῆς Αἰολίδος ἄλλη. ἀπὸ Μυρίνης ἀμφότεραι ἢ ἀπὸ Μυρίνου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μυριναῖος, Μυριναία δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς χώρας, καὶ οὐδετέρως Μυριναῖον.

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Text Details

Entry#250
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 463.10
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count28

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)Εὐρώπῃ · FGrHist 1 F 138c
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜυρίναMyrina · place · corrected · Q2310605
ΛήμνοςLemnos · place · corrected · Q192483
ΑἰολίςAeolis · place · corrected · Q255325
ΜυρίνηMyrine · person · corrected · Q609532
ΜυρίνοςMyrinus · person
ΜυριναῖοςMyrinaean (demonym) · people
ΜυριναῖαMyrinaean (fem.) · people
ΜυριναῖονMyrinaean (neut.) · people
Myrina in Lemnosplace · city · Lemnos · explicit · wikidata: Q2310605 · candidate
Myrina in Aeolisplace · city · Aeolis · explicit · wikidata: Q609532 · candidate
Myrine / Myrinis (source or form reference)place · place name source/form · uncertain · explicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonBoth (cities) are named from Myrine or from Myrinos.
Unclear MetalinguisticThe ethnicon is 'Myrinaîos'; 'Myrinaía' for the district, and neuter 'Myrinaion' — a discussion of name-forms rather than origin.

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME)
formula:5e7f1861601f28d1
Translate as "X, book Y in his *Z*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:439629f16cfaba3f
Translate as "Y is from 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON)
formula:4e7b910409d678a8
Translate as "'X' is from Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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 · 2 occurrences
Formulaτὸ 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
Glossχώρα 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
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.258
char LCS 74 (51.4%) · word LCS 15 (53.6%)
Stephanos
Μύρινα, πόλις ἐν Λήμνῳ. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἔστι καὶ τῆς Αἰολίδος ἄλλη. ἀπὸ Μυρίνης ἀμφότεραι ἢ ἀπὸ Μυρίνου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μυριναῖος, Μυριναία δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς χώρας, καὶ οὐδετέρως Μυριναῖον.
Herodian
…ῆσος, ὡς Ἀρτεμίδωρος. Βέμβινα κώμη τῆς Νεμέας. Ἑλλάνικος δὲ Βέμβινον καὶ πόλιν φησίν. Βίλβινα πόλις Περσική. Μέλινα πόλις Ἄργους, ἀφ´ ἧς Ἀφροδίτη Μελιναία τιμᾶται. Λυκόφρων »τὴν Καστνίαν δὲ καὶ Μελιναίαν θεόν« (v. 403). Μύρινα πόλις ἐν Λήμνῳ. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἔστι καὶ τῆς Αἰολίδος ἄλλη. ἀπὸ Μυρίνης ἀμφότεραι ἢ Μυρίνου. Σάνινα πόλις ἐπὶ τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης. Κάρμινα νῆσος Ἰνδική. Ἄλινα νῆσος Λυκίας. Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν ἐπιτομῆς πρώτῳ. Κύτινα πόλις Θεσσαλίας, ὡς Θέων ἐν ὑπομνήματι Λυκόφρονος. Λάγινα πολίχνιον Καρίας. Ἀπολλώνιος Καρι…
Herodian 1.59
char LCS 26 (18.1%) · word LCS 5 (17.9%)
Stephanos
Μύρινα, πόλις ἐν Λήμνῳ. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἔστι καὶ τῆς Αἰολίδος ἄλλη. ἀπὸ Μυρίνης ἀμφότεραι ἢ ἀπὸ Μυρίνου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μυριναῖος, Μυριναία δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς χώρας, καὶ οὐδετέρως Μυριναῖον.
Herodian
…κάτη Κύπρου. εἰσὶ καὶ δύο νησίδια πλησίον τῆς Λιβύης. ἔστι καὶ Ἀλεξανδρείας. Τελμισσιάς, ἄκρα Λυκίας, ὡς Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν δεκάτῳ γεωγραφουμένων. Βολογεσσιάς πόλις πρὸς τῷ Εὐφράτῃ ἐκ Βολογεσσοῦ βασιλέως ᾠκισμένη. Ἡφαιστιάς πόλις ἐν Λήμνῳ. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Κεραστιάς καὶ Κεραστίς ἐκαλεῖτο ἡ Κύπρος ἀπὸ τοῦ πολλὰς ἄκρας ἔχειν. τὸ μέντοι μέγας καὶ λᾶας «λᾶας ἀναιδής» (Δ 521) συστέλλοντα τὸ 'α' ὅμως βαρύνονται, ἐπειδὴ οὐ διὰ τοῦ 'δος' κλίνονται. ἡμάρτηται δὲ τὸ μέγας περὶ τὴν…

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