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Μυστία, πόλις Σαυνιτῶν. Φίλιστος ἑνδεκάτῳ. οἱ οἰκήτορες Μυστιανοί, ὡς τῆς Ὠστίας Ὠστιανοί.

Mystia: a city of the Saunites. Philistos, book 11. The inhabitants are called Mystianoi, just as those of Ostia are Ostianoi.

Text Details

Entry#261
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 465.3 · Billerbeck Μ261
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count12
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Φίλιστος (Philistos (Philistus))FGrHist 556 F 41
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜυστίαMystia · place
ΣαυνῖταιSaunitai (Saunitae) · people
ΜυστιανοίMystians · people
ὨστίαOstia (Ὠστία) · place
ὨστιανοίOstianoi (inhabitants of Ostia) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Place Transfera city of the Saunitai (i.e. the city belongs to / is associated with the Saunitai people)
Morphological Compositionthe inhabitants are called Mystianoi, like those of Ostia are called Ostianoi (indicating formation of the demonym)

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC