Γάζος

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Γάζος OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Γάζος, πόλις Ἰνδική, κατὰ Διονύσου πολεμήσασα μετὰ Δηριάδου, λινοῦν ἔχουσα τεῖχος, καθὰ [Διονύσιος] ἐν τρίτῃ Βασσαρικῶν Γήρειαν Ῥοδόην τε καὶ οἳ λινοτειχέα Γάζον τοῖόν μιν κλωστοῖο λινοῦ πέρι τεῖχος ἐέργει, ἀστύφελον δηίοισι, καὶ εἰ παγχάλκεοι εἶεν, εὖρος μὲν μάλα δή τι διαμπερὲς ὀργυιῇσιν μετρητὸν πισύρεσσιν, ἀτὰρ μῆκός τε καὶ ἰθύν ὅσσον ἀνὴρ δοιοῖσιν ἐν ἠελίοισιν ἀνύσσει, ἠῶθεν κνέφας ἄκρον ἐπειγόμενος ποσὶν οἷσιν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Γάζιος.

Gazos: an Indian city, which fought against Dionysos with Deriades, and had a wall of linen, as [Dionysios] says in book 3 of his Bassarika:

Gereia and Rhodoe, and those who held linen-walled Gazos;
such was the wall of spun flax that enclosed it all around,
unyielding to enemies, even if they were all of bronze.
Its breadth was indeed measurable right through by four fathoms,
but its length, in a straight line, was as much as a man covers in two days,
hastening from dawn to deepest darkness on his own feet.

The ethnonym is 'Gazios'.

AI translation — gpt-5.5; Gabe v3

Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
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 (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE)
formula:0a6d211492d74a05
Translate as "a X of the Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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
Formulaτὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM)
formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3
Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 occurrences
Glossἄκρον τό
gloss:e28240a1e2cb325b
cape (when on the coast, sgl.), headlands (when on the coast, plu.); peak (when inland)
Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossἔθνος τό
gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8
people
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossἑρμηνεύεται
gloss:53a0185fe8830489
interpreted
Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC
Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossπόλισμα τό *
gloss:9651cd1c383eacc4
town
Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossτεῖχος τό
gloss:e184afb0551538f4
wall, fortification, barrier
Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.