Γάργη - Stephanos Ethnika

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Γάργη, πόλις Λιβύης, ὡς πολυίστωρ ἐν τρίτῃ Λιβυκῶν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Γαργαῖος ὡς Βεργαῖος, τῷ τύπῳ δὲ Γαργίτης.

Garge: a city in Libya, as per Polyhistor in book 3 of his Libyka. The ethnonym is 'Gargaios', as in 'Bergaios', but according to the pattern it is 'Gargites'.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#36
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 199.14
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-10
Word count	17
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Πολυίστωρ (Polyhistor)	Λιβυκά (Libyka) · FGrHist 273 F 36
Λιβυκά (Libyka (Libyan Histories))	Λιβυκά (Libyka) · FGrHist 273 F 36

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Γάργη	Garge · place
Λιβύη	Libya · place
Γαργαῖος	Gargaean · people
Βεργαῖος	Bergaean · people
Γαργίτης	Gargite · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	The ethnic name is Gargaîos, like Bergaîos, but in form (or according to another morphological pattern), Gargítēs.

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 3 occurrences
Formula	τὸ 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
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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 1.309

char LCS 41 (48.8%) · word LCS 8 (47.1%)

Stephanos

Γάργη, πόλις Λιβύης, ὡς πολυίστωρ ἐν τρίτῃ Λιβυκῶν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Γαργαῖος ὡς Βεργαῖος, τῷ τύπῳ δὲ Γαργίτης.

Herodian

… στοργή. τὰ δὲ κύρια βαρύνεται, Βέργη πόλις Θρᾴκης πρὸς τῇ Χερρονήσῳ. Στράβων δὲ κώμην αὐτὴν λέγει. Σέλγη πόλις Πισιδίας ἄποικος Λακεδαιμονίων. Πέργη πόλις Παμφυλίας. Βάργη ἡ μήτηρ Βαργάσου, ἀφ´ οὗ Βάργασα πόλις Καρίας. Γάργη πόλις Λιβύης ὡς πολυίστωρ ἐν τρίτῃ Λιβυκῶν. Βέλγη, ἀφ´ οὗ Βελγίκη ἡ χώρα ὡς Ἀκτή Ἀττική. Θίγγη πόλις Λιβύης. Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει. Γάγαι πόλις Λυκίας, ἣν καὶ Παλαιὸν τεῖχος καὶ χώραν φησὶν Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν πρώτῃ Λυκιακῶν. Τὰ εἰς 'γη' ἰαμβικὰ ῥηματικὰ ὄντα ὀξύνεται, …