Νίσαια

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Νίσαια, ἐπίνειον Μεγαρίδος. καὶ αὐτὴ ἡ Μεγαρίς. ἀπὸ Νίσου τοῦ Πανδίονος. Ἑλλάνικος ἐν Ἱερειῶν πρώτῃ .... καὶ ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ “καὶ Νίσαιάν τε εἷλε καὶ Νῖσον τὸν Πανδίονος καὶ Μεγαρέα τὸν Ὀγχήστιον [ἀπέκτεινεν]”.

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Text Details

Entry#64
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 476.13 · Billerbeck Ν64
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count32

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἑλλάνικος (Hellanicus)Ἱερειῶν · FGrHist 4 F 75 = fr. 75 Fowler; FGrHist 4 F 78 = fr. 78 Fowler
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΝίσαιαNisaea (harbour of Megara) · place · corrected · Q2537089
ΜεγαρίςMegaris (the Megarian region / Megara) · place · corrected · Q42307600
ΜεγαρίςMegaris (Megara) · place · corrected · Q42307600
ΝῖσοςNisos · person
ΠανδίωνPandion · person
ΜεγαρεύςMegareus · person
Ὀγχήστιος(the) Onchestian / of Onchestus (epithet) · other
Νίσαιαplace · explicit · wikidata: Q2537089 · seeded_headword_alignment
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Personfrom Nisos son of Pandion. (In the fragment: “and he took Nisaia and Nisos son of Pandion…”)

Links

Place linksNisaea | 📍 Map | Pleiades
Page scanse9783110219630_i1712.jpg
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.272
char LCS 163 (100.0%) · word LCS 32 (100.0%)
Stephanos
Νίσαια, ἐπίνειον Μεγαρίδος. καὶ αὐτὴ ἡ Μεγαρίς. ἀπὸ Νίσου τοῦ Πανδίονος. Ἑλλάνικος ἐν Ἱερειῶν πρώτῃ .... καὶ ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ “καὶ Νίσαιάν τε εἷλε καὶ Νῖσον τὸν Πανδίονος καὶ Μεγαρέα τὸν Ὀγχήστιον [ἀπέκτεινεν]”.
Herodian
…τηκοστῷ ἕκτῳ. παρὰ δὲ Μενελάῳ Λύκαιθα μετὰ τοῦ 'θ'. Μάργαια πόλις Ἠλείας. Μελίταια πόλις Θεσσαλίας. Ἀλέξανδρος Ἀσίᾳ. Θεόπομπος δὲ Μελίτειαν αὐτήν φησιν. καὶ Μελίτεια Φίλων γράφει. Νίναια πόλις Οἰνωτρῶν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Νίσαια ἐπίνειον Μεγαρίδος. καὶ αὐτὴ ἡ Μεγαρίς. ἀπὸ Νίσου τοῦ Πανδίονος. Ἑλλάνικος ἐν Ἱερειῶν πρώτῃ.... καὶ ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ «καὶ Νίσαιάν τε εἷλε καὶ Νῖσον τὸν Πανδίονος καὶ Μεγαρέα τὸν Ὀγχήστιον ἀπέκτεινεν». Φαλάνναια πόλις Κρήτης. Φώκαια πόλις

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