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 (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 476.13
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
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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME)
formula:5e7f1861601f28d1
Translate as "X, book Y in his *Z*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME)
formula:c795eaabedf9a542
Translate as "Χ, in his *Y*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON)
formula:4e7b910409d678a8
Translate as "'X' is from Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON)
formula:8856d9e4780f3c74
Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
FormulaΧ (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME)
formula:c22408ee90fd1a1e
Translate as "X, in book Y of his *Z*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
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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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