Νεάπολις - Stephanos Ethnika

Νεάπολις OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Νεάπολις, πόλις Ἰταλίας διάσημος, ἐν ᾗ Παρθενόπη ᾕρηται μία τῶν Σειρήνων. ὁ πολίτης Νεαπολίτης. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Λιβύης καὶ ἄλλαι.

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry	#26
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 471.7 · Billerbeck Ν26
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count	20

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Νεάπολις	Neapolis (Neapolis/Neapolis, modern Naples) · place · corrected · Q15122630
Ἰταλία	Italy · place
Παρθενόπη	Parthenope · person
Σειρήνες	Sirens · people
Νεαπολίτης	Neapolitan (citizen of Neapolis) · people
Λιβύη	Libya · place · corrected · Q2370577
Neapolis in Italy	place · city · Italy · explicit · wikidata: Q15122630 · candidate
another Neapolis in Libya	place · city · Libya · implicit · unresolved
other Neapolis entries	place · city · unspecified · implicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Folk Etymology Narrative	in which Parthenope is said to be one of the Sirens.
Place Transfer	there is also another (Neapolis) of Libya and others.
Morphological Composition	the citizen (is called) Neapolites (Neapolitan).

Links

Place links	Neapolis \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1629.jpg
Review	Open review page

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