Οἰάνθη - Stephanos Ethnika

Οἰάνθη OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Οἰάνθη, πόλις Λοκρῶν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Ἑλλάνικος δὲ Οἰάνθειαν αὐτήν φησιν. [τὸ ἐθνικὸν] Οἰανθεύς ἐστι καὶ Οἰάνθεια ἢ καὶ Οἰανθίς. ἐξ αὐτοῦ Οἰάνθιος.

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Text Details

Entry	#18
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 484.15
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count	24

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	Εὐρώπῃ · FGrHist 1 F 113b
Εὐρώπη (Europe)	Εὐρώπῃ · FGrHist 1 F 113b
Ἑλλάνικος (Hellanicus)	FGrHist 4 F 120 = fr. 120 Fowler

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Οἰάνθη	Oianthē (Oiantha) · place · corrected · Q5850148
Λοκροί	Locrians · people · corrected · Q3354839
Οἰάνθη	Oianthē (accusative variant) · place · corrected · Q5850148
Οἰανθεύς	Oianteus (demonym) · people
Οἰάνθη	Oianthē (variant) · place · corrected · Q5850148
Οἰανθίς	Oianthis (variant) · place
Οἰάνθιος	Oianthios (ethnic/adjective used as name) · people
Οἰάνθη / Οἰάνθεια	place · city · Locrians (Locris) · explicit · wikidata: Q125465412 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	The ethnicon (demonym) is 'Οἰανθεύς.'
Morphological Composition	There is also 'Οἰάνθεια' or 'Οἰανθίς' from it, and 'Οἰάνθιος.' (i.e. alternative forms/derivatives formed from the place-name)
Unclear Metalinguistic	Hellanicus, however, says that it is (called) 'Οἰάνθεια.' (variant attestation by an author)

Links

Place links	Oeantheia \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1864.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.312

char LCS 60 (50.4%) · word LCS 9 (40.9%)

Stephanos

Οἰάνθη, πόλις Λοκρῶν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Ἑλλάνικος δὲ Οἰάνθειαν αὐτήν φησιν. [τὸ ἐθνικὸν] Οἰανθεύς ἐστι καὶ Οἰάνθεια ἢ καὶ Οἰανθίς. ἐξ αὐτοῦ Οἰάνθιος.

Herodian

…η' μονογενῆ ὑπερδισύλλαβα βαρύνεται, καλάθη καὶ Καλάθη πόλις οὐ πόρρω τῶν Ἡρακλείων στηλῶν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Ἔφορος δὲ Καλάθουσαν αὐτήν φησι. Βισάνθη πόλις Μακεδονίας κατὰ Θρᾴκην Ἑλληνίς, ἄποικος Σαμίων. Ἰάνθη, λυκάνθη, Οἰάνθη πόλις Λοκρῶν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Ἑλλάνικος δὲ Οἰάνθειαν αὐτήν φησι. Ἀμάθη πόλις Φοινίκης. ἔστι καὶ Σικελίας Ἀμαθαί πληθυντικῶς. Ἀριάνθη πόλις Οἰνωτρῶν. Ἀρίνθη πόλις Οἰνωτρῶν ἐν μεσογείᾳ. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Γαβάθη πόλις Γαλιλαίας ὡς Ἰώσηπος ἕκτῳ Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας (c. 5). Καλαμένθη πό…