Νύμφαιον

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Νύμφαιον, πόλις Ταυρικὴ μεταξὺ Παντικαπαίου μητροπόλεως καὶ Θεοδοσίας, ὥς φησι Στράβων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν δύναται ὡς Ἡραιεύς Νυμφαιεύς. τὸ δὲ νυμφαῖος κτητικὸν ἀπὸ τῶν νυμφῶν. λέγεται καὶ Νυμφαΐτης.

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Text Details

Entry#80
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 478.22 · Billerbeck Ν80
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count27
Translation statusMostly mechanical punctuation/spacing differences plus two substantive morphological variants: the noun/adjective ending (νυμφαῖον vs νυμφαῖος) and the article (τοῦ vs τῶν) in the phrase ἀπὸ τοῦ/τῶν νυμφῶν. The morphological differences affect grammatical agreement and possibly the sense; punctuation differences are minor.

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)(7,4,4 [C 309,33])
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΝυμφαῖονNymphaion · place
ΤαυρικήTaurica (Tauric) · place
ΠαντικάπαιονPantikapaion (Panticapaeum) · place
ΘεοδοσίαTheodosia · place
ἩραιεύςHeraieus (ethnic) · people
ΝυμφαιεύςNymphaeus (ethnic) · people
νύμφαιNymphs · deity
ΝυμφαῖτηςNymphaïtēs (inhabitant of Nymphaion) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological CompositionThe name 'Nymphaeon' is a possessive/derived form from 'the nymphs' (ἀπὸ τοῦ νυμφῶν).
Unclear MetalinguisticThe ethnic (demonym) can be 'Heraieus' or 'Nymphaieus' (i.e. alternative forms associated with Hera or the Nymphs).
Unclear MetalinguisticIt is also called 'Nymphaïtes' (an alternative name/demonym).

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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.369
char LCS 76 (47.8%) · word LCS 12 (44.4%)
Stephanos
Νύμφαιον, πόλις Ταυρικὴ μεταξὺ Παντικαπαίου μητροπόλεως καὶ Θεοδοσίας, ὥς φησι Στράβων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν δύναται ὡς Ἡραιεύς Νυμφαιεύς. τὸ δὲ νυμφαῖος κτητικὸν ἀπὸ τῶν νυμφῶν. λέγεται καὶ Νυμφαΐτης.
Herodian
…ον Ἀττικῶς, νόμαιον τὸ μονογενές, οὔραιον, Σκύλλαιον ἄκρα, περὶ ἧς Ἑκαταῖος ἐν Εὐρώπῃ φησίν. πρέμναιον. Κότταιον τὸ ὄρος, Ἕρμαιον, Φοίβαιον, Κύταιον πόλις Κρήτης, γύναιον, Λύκαιον τὸ ὄρος, κώπαιον, δέραιον, νύμφαιον καὶ Νύμφαιον πόλις Ταυρικὴ μεταξὺ Παντικαπαίου μητροπόλεως καὶ Θεοδοσίας, ὥς φησι Στράβων, τὸ δὲ νυμφαῖον κτητικόν. Λέχαιον, Φύταιον πόλις Αἰτωλίας. Πολύβιος ἑνδεκάτῳ. Χάλαιον πόλις Λοκρῶν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ «μετὰ δὲ Λοκροί· ἐν δὲ Χάλαιον πόλις, ἐν δὲ Οἰάνθη πόλις». σπήλαιον τὸ ἄντρον. Τύπαιον ὄρος Ἤλιδος. Παυσανί…

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