Χαζήνη

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Χαζήνη, σατραπεία πρὸς τῷ Εὐφράτῃ τῆς Μεσοποταμίας. Ἀρριανὸς ἐν τρισκαιδεκάτῳ Παρθικῶν “ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ Ὀλβίᾳ καὶ τὰ πεδία τῆς Χαζήνης σατραπείου ἐπὶ μήκιστον ἀποτεταμένα”.

Chazene: a satrapy of Mesopotamia near the Euphrates. Arrian, in book 13 of his Parthika: ‘in this Olbia too are the plains of the satrapy of Chazene, extending to a very great length’.

Text Details

Entry#4
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 677.14
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-11
Word count25
AI translationgpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἀρριανός (Arrian)Parthica · FGrHist 156 F 45 = fr. 14 Roos
Παρθικά (Parthica (History of the Parthians))Parthica · FGrHist 156 F 45 = fr. 14 Roos
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΧαζήνηChazene · place
ΕὐφράτηςEuphrates · place
ΜεσοποταμίαMesopotamia · place
ὈλβίαOlbia · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear Metalinguistic“Chazene: a satrapy by the Euphrates in Mesopotamia.” This identifies the place but does not explain the origin of its name.
Unclear Metalinguistic“Arrian, in book 13 of the Parthica: ‘In it are both Olbia and the plains of the satrapy of Chazene, extending for a very great distance.’” This is a geographical description and provides no etymology.

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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... + πρός + Y (dative)
formula:1a524ea80fe79519
Translate as "X... near Y"
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
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.332
char LCS 70 (50.0%) · word LCS 13 (54.2%)
Stephanos
Χαζήνη, σατραπεία πρὸς τῷ Εὐφράτῃ τῆς Μεσοποταμίας. Ἀρριανὸς ἐν τρισκαιδεκάτῳ Παρθικῶν “ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ Ὀλβίᾳ καὶ τὰ πεδία τῆς Χαζήνης σατραπείου ἐπὶ μήκιστον ἀποτεταμένα”.
Herodian
ὄρος Εὐρώπης. Χαζήνη σατραπεία πρὸς τῷ Εὐφράτῃ τῆς Μεσοποταμίας. Ἀρριανὸς ἐν τρισκαιδεκάτῳ Περσικῶν »ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ Ὀλβίᾳ καὶ τὰ πεδία τῆς Χαζήνης σατραπείου ἐπὶ μήκιστον ἀποτεταμένα«. Καρήνη πόλις Μυσίας. Ἡρόδοτος ἑβδόμῃ (c. 42). Ξερξήνη ἀπὸ Ξέρξου Περσικὴ χώρα τῇ μικρᾷ Ἀρμενίᾳ ὅμορος. τὸ δὲ Εὐθηναί πόλις Καρίας ὀξύνεται ἐπιθετικὸν ὄν. τὸ δὲ Γερμηνή ἡ συνήθεια ὀξύνει· ὡσαύτως καὶ Τυρρηνή πόλις πρὸς…

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