Νίσαια

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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 harbour-town of the Megarid. And the Megarid itself. From Nisos the son of Pandion. Hellanikos in the first of the Priestesses.... and in the second: "and he took Nisaia and Nisos the son of Pandion and Megareus the Onchestian".

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

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…”)

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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) + Y (NUMERAL)
formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb
Translate as "X, book Y"
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:439629f16cfaba3f
Translate as "Y is from 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formulaκαί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN)
formula:0af867b3dd6df580
Translate as "Y is also 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · medium 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 · 2 scan rows · 3 occurrences
Glossἐπίνειον τό
gloss:46afdab8fb7d9415
harbour
Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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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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