Νίσαια - Stephanos Ethnika

Νίσαια OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Entry #64
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: - | Billerbeck: Ν64
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count: 32
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑλλάνικος (Hellanicus) FGrHist 4 F 75 = fr. 75 Fowler; FGrHist 4 F 78 = fr. 78 Fowler [Ἱερειῶν]
Entities: Νίσαια (Nisaea (harbour of Megara)) [place], Μεγαρίς (Megaris (the Megarian region / Megara)) [place], Μεγαρίς (Megaris (Megara)) [place], Νῖσος (Nisos) [person], Πανδίων (Pandion) [person], Μεγαρεύς (Megareus) [person], Ὀγχήστιος ((the) Onchestian / of Onchestus (epithet)) [other]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: from Nisos son of Pandion. (In the fragment: “and he took Nisaia and Nisos son of Pandion…”)
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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]”.

Nisaia: the harbor (epineion) of the Megarid; and also the Megarid itself. From Nisus, son of Pandion. Hellanicus in the first book of the *Hieraion*; and in the second: “and he took Nisaia, and slew Nisus son of Pandion and Megareus son of Onchestus.”

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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