Βύβλος - Stephanos Ethnika

Βύβλος OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Βύβλος, πόλις Φοινίκης ἀρχαιοτάτη πασῶν, Κρόνου κτίσμα, ἀπὸ Βύβλης τῆς Μιλήτου θυγατρός. “Βύβλος δὲ προσηγορεύθη ἐκ τοῦ πάσης ἀρχαίης βίβλου φυλακὴν ἀσινέα ἐν ταύτῃ γενέσθαι. οἱ δὲ ὅτι ἐν αὐτῇ Ἶσις κλαίουσα Ὄσιριν τὸ διάδημα ἔθηκε· τοῦτο δ´ ἦν βύβλινον, [ἀπὸ] βύβλου τῆς φιλύρης τῆς Αἰγυπτίης, ἧς ἀνέτραφε Νεῖλος ἐν τοῖς ἕλεσι”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Βύβλιος καὶ Βυβλιάς. εἰσὶ καὶ Βύβλιοι Σκυθικὸν ἔθνος. ἔστι καὶ Βύβλος ἐν τῷ Νείλῳ πόλις ἀσφαλεστάτη. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Βύβλιος, ἢ Βυβλίτης τῷ τύπῳ τῷ Αἰγυπτιακῷ.

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Text Details

Entry	#188
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 188.12
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-09
Word count	79

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (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 · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ 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

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.158

char LCS 28 (7.1%) · word LCS 7 (8.9%)

Stephanos

…αι. οἱ δὲ ὅτι ἐν αὐτῇ Ἶσις κλαίουσα Ὄσιριν τὸ διάδημα ἔθηκε· τοῦτο δ´ ἦν βύβλινον, [ἀπὸ] βύβλου τῆς φιλύρης τῆς Αἰγυπτίης, ἧς ἀνέτραφε Νεῖλος ἐν τοῖς ἕλεσι”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Βύβλιος καὶ Βυβλιάς. εἰσὶ καὶ Βύβλιοι Σκυθικὸν ἔθνος. ἔστι καὶ Βύβλος ἐν τῷ Νείλῳ πόλις ἀσφαλεστάτη. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Βύβλιος, ἢ Βυβλίτης τῷ τύπῳ τῷ Αἰγυπτιακῷ.

Herodian

…ται τὸ ψύλλος, τὸ δὲ Ψύλλος τὸ ἐπ´ ἔθνους κύριον. τὸ δὲ ἄλλος ὡς ἐπιμεριζόμενον βαρύνεται. Τὰ εἰς 'λος' μετ´ ἐπιπλοκῆς συμφώνου βαρύνεται· εἰ δέ τι εἴη ὀξύτονον, ἐπιθετικὸν ὑπάρχει, ὄτλος, βύβλος καὶ Βύβλος πόλις Φοινίκης. ἔστι καὶ Βύβλος ἐν τῷ Νείλῳ πόλις. βίβλος καὶ Βίβλος ποταμὸς Νάξου· ὄχλος, κόχλος, κύκλος, Ἄσκλος πόλις Ἰταλίας. Διονύσιος ἐν κʹ Ῥωμαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας. ἔστι καὶ οὐδέτερον. Τύσκλος πόλις Ἰταλίας. λέγεται καὶ Τυσκλανόν. Ὕβλος βασιλεύς, ἀφ´ οὗ Ὕβλα πόλις Σ…