Νίσαια - Stephanos 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 text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 476.13
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count	32

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑλλάνικος (Hellanicus)	Ἱερειῶν · FGrHist 4 F 75 = fr. 75 Fowler; FGrHist 4 F 78 = fr. 78 Fowler

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Νίσαια	Nisaea (harbour of Megara) · place · corrected · Q2537089
Μεγαρίς	Megaris (the Megarian region / Megara) · place · corrected · Q42307600
Μεγαρίς	Megaris (Megara) · place · corrected · Q42307600
Νῖσος	Nisos · person
Πανδίων	Pandion · person
Μεγαρεύς	Megareus · person
Ὀγχήστιος	(the) Onchestian / of Onchestus (epithet) · other
Νίσαια	place · explicit · wikidata: Q2537089 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	from Nisos son of Pandion. (In the fragment: “and he took Nisaia and Nisos son of Pandion…”)

Links

Place links	Nisaea \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1712.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (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
Formula	X (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
Formula	X (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
Formula	X (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
Formula	X (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
Formula	X (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
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	καί + 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
Formula	Χ (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
Gloss	ἐπίνειον τό gloss:46afdab8fb7d9415	harbour Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS 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 1.272

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