Οἰάνθη

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Entry #18
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 484.15 | Billerbeck: Ο18
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count: 24
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 113b [Εὐρώπῃ], Εὐρώπη (Europe) FGrHist 1 F 113b [Εὐρώπῃ], Ἑλλάνικος (Hellanicus) FGrHist 4 F 120 = fr. 120 Fowler
Entities: Οἰάνθη (Oianthē (Oiantha)) [place], Λοκροί (Locrians) [people], Οἰάνθη (Oianthē (accusative variant)) [place], Οἰανθεύς (Oianteus (demonym)) [people], Οἰάνθη (Oianthē (variant)) [place], Οἰανθίς (Oianthis (variant)) [place], Οἰάνθιος (Oianthios (ethnic/adjective used as name)) [people]
Etymologies: 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)
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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.
Oïanthē: a city of the Lokrians. Hekataios in his *Europa*. Hellanikos, however, says that it is itself Oïantheia. The ethnic (gentilic) is Oïantheus. There is also Oïantheia—or also Oïanthis—derived from it, and (also) Oïanthios.

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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…

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