Ξάνθος - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #2
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 480.15 | Billerbeck: Ξ2
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count: 35
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 255 [Ἀσίᾳ], Εὐριπίδης (Euripides) fr. 1102 Kannicht = fr. 1102 Jouan/van Looy
Entities: Ξάνθος (Xanthus) [place], Λυκία (Lycia) [place], Ἀσία (Asia) [place], Ξάνθος (Xanthus) [place], Αἰγύπτιος (an Egyptian) [person], Κρής (a Cretan) [person], Λέσβος (Lesbos) [place], Ξάνθιος (Xanthian (citizen of Xanthus)) [person]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: It was called from Xanthus the Egyptian or from a Cretan founder.; Morphological Composition: The citizen is called 'Xanthios,' as Euripides says; and similarly the possessive/adjectival form for the river.; Unclear Metalinguistic: There is also a city called Xanthus in Lesbos.; Unclear Metalinguistic: Hecataeus of Asia: 'by which the river Xanthus issues/flows out.' (Describes the river issuing by/near Xanthus.)
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Ξάνθος, πόλις Λυκίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ “παρ´ ᾗ Ξάνθος ἐξίησι ποταμός”. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Ξάνθου Αἰγυπτίου ἢ Κρητὸς οἰκιστοῦ. ἔστι καὶ Ξάνθος πόλις ἐν Λέσβῳ. ὁ πολίτης Ξάνθιος, ὡς Εὐριπίδης. καὶ τοῦ ποταμοῦ τὸ κτητικὸν ὁμοίως.

Xanthos: a city of Lycia. Hekataios, in his *Asia*: “by which Xanthos a river issues forth.” It was named from Xanthos, an Egyptian or a Cretan founder. There is also Xanthos, a city on Lesbos. The citizen is called *Xanthios*, as in Euripides. And the possessive adjective of the river is the same likewise.

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Stephanos

Ξάνθος, πόλις Λυκίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ “παρ´ ᾗ Ξάνθος ἐξίησι ποταμός”. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Ξάνθου Αἰγυπτίου ἢ Κρητὸς οἰκιστοῦ. ἔστι καὶ Ξάνθος πόλις ἐν Λέσβῳ. ὁ πολίτης Ξάνθιος, ὡς Εὐριπίδης. καὶ τοῦ ποταμοῦ τὸ κτητικὸν ὁμοίως.

Herodian

…οι. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Πάρθος πόλις Ἰλλυρική. Ἀπολλόδωρος ἐν χρονικῶν..... Κύνθος ὄρος Δήλου, παρ´ Ἀντιμάχῳ ἐν πρώτῃ Θηβαΐδος. οὕτως δὲ ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ Δῆλος ἀπὸ Κύνθου τοῦ Ὠκεανοῦ. Ξάνθος ἔθνος Θρᾴκιον. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Λυκίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ «παρ´ ᾗ Ξάνθος ἐξίησι ποταμός». ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Ξάνθου Αἰγυπτίου ἢ Κρητὸς οἰκιστοῦ. ἔστι καὶ Ξάνθος πόλις ἐν Λέσβῳ. Σίνθος πόλις παρὰ τῷ Θερμαίῳ. Ἡρόδοτος ἑβδόμῃ (c. 123). Ὄρθος τὸ μονογενές. τὸ δὲ ξανθός καὶ τυτθός καὶ ὀρθός τριγενῆ. Τὰ εἰς 'θος' διβράχεα παροξύνεται, εἰ μὴ τόπον δηλοῖεν, νόθος, πόθος, ψόθος, ῥόθος ὁ ψόφος, μόθος, …