Ὀζόλαι

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Ὀζόλαι OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Entry #16
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 484.9 | Billerbeck: Ο16
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count: 22
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Ὀζολαῖοι (Ozolai (Ozolian Locrians)) [people], Λοκροί (Locrians) [people], Ἐπικνημίδιοι (Epicnemidii (Epicnemidian Locrians)) [people], Ὀποούντιοι (Opountians (inhabitants of Opus)) [people], Αἴας (Ajax) [person], Ἐπιζεφύριοι (Epizephyrii (Epizephyrian Locrians)) [people], Ὀζολίς (Ozolis (the Ozolian region)) [place]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: Ozolai: a division (portion) of the Locrians, the Epiknemidii, who are also Opuntii (of whom Aias was), the Epizephyrii, and the Ozolai. The region is also said to be Ozolis.
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Ὀζόλαι, Λοκρῶν μοῖραι τρεῖς εἰσιν, Ἐπιζεφύριοι, Ἐπικνημίδιοι, οἱ καὶ Ὀπούντιοι ὧν ἦν Αἴας, οἱ δὲ Ὀζόλαι. λέγεται καὶ Ὀζολίς ἡ χώρα.
Ozolae: there are three divisions of the Locrians—(1) the Epicnemidii, who are also called the Opuntii (from whom was Ajax), (2) the Epizephyrii, and (3) the Ozolae. The country, too, is called Ozolis.

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.70
char LCS 34 (32.7%) · word LCS 7 (33.3%)
Stephanos
Ὀζόλαι, Λοκρῶν μοῖραι τρεῖς εἰσιν, Ἐπιζεφύριοι, Ἐπικνημίδιοι, οἱ καὶ Ὀπούντιοι ὧν ἦν Αἴας, οἱ δὲ Ὀζόλαι. λέγεται καὶ Ὀζολίς ἡ χώρα.
Herodian
Ἐπικνημίδιοι, οἱ καὶ Ὀπούντιοι ὧν ἦν Αἴας, καὶ Ὀζόλαι. φαινόλης, γενειόλης. τὸ δὲ ἀμελής, ἀφελής, καὶ ἀελλής καὶ ἀολλής ἐπίθετα καὶ εἰς 'ους' ἔχουσι τὴν γενικήν. Ἔτι βαρύνονται τὰ παρὰ τὸ ὄλω, πανώλης, ἐξώλης, προώλης καὶ τὰ παρὰ τὸ πωλῶ παντοπώλης. * Τὰ εἰς 'μ…
Herodian 1.69
char LCS 33 (31.7%) · word LCS 5 (23.8%)
Stephanos
Ὀζόλαι, Λοκρῶν μοῖραι τρεῖς εἰσιν, Ἐπιζεφύριοι, Ἐπικνημίδιοι, οἱ καὶ Ὀπούντιοι ὧν ἦν Αἴας, οἱ δὲ Ὀζόλαι. λέγεται καὶ Ὀζολίς ἡ χώρα.
Herodian
…ς φησι. Δημομέλης Δημομέλου. Ἀψίλης ἔθνος Σκυθικὸν γειτνιάζον Λαζοῖς, ὡς Ἀρριανὸς ἐν περίπλῳ τοῦ Εὐξείνου πόντου. Μυτίλης ὁ οἰκιστὴς τῆς Μυτιλήνης· Δασκύλης ὁ υἱὸς Περιαύδου, ἀφ´ οὗ Δασκύλιον πόλις Καρίας. Ὀζόλης ἔθνος. Λοκρῶν μοῖραι τρεῖς εἰσιν Ἐπιζεφύριοι