Μυστία

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Μυστία OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Entry #261
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 465.3 | Billerbeck: Μ261
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count: 12
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Φίλιστος (Philistos (Philistus)) FGrHist 556 F 41
Entities: Μυστία (Mystia) [place], Σαυνῖται (Saunitai (Saunitae)) [people], Μυστιανοί (Mystians) [people], Ὠστία (Ostia (Ὠστία)) [place], Ὠστιανοί (Ostianoi (inhabitants of Ostia)) [people]
Etymologies: Place Transfer: a city of the Saunitai (i.e. the city belongs to / is associated with the Saunitai people); Morphological Composition: the inhabitants are called Mystianoi, like those of Ostia are called Ostianoi (indicating formation of the demonym)
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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 (called) Ostianoi.

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