Οἰάνθη

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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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 is Oïantheus. There is also Oïantheia—or also Oïanthis—derived from it, and Oïanthios.

Text Details

Entry#18
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 484.15 · Billerbeck Ο18
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count24
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

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

EntityDetails
ΟἰάνθηOianthē (Oiantha) · place
ΛοκροίLocrians · people
ΟἰάνθηOianthē (accusative variant) · place
ΟἰανθεύςOianteus (demonym) · people
ΟἰάνθηOianthē (variant) · place
ΟἰανθίςOianthis (variant) · place
ΟἰάνθιοςOianthios (ethnic/adjective used as name) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological CompositionThe ethnicon (demonym) is 'Οἰανθεύς.'
Morphological CompositionThere is also 'Οἰάνθεια' or 'Οἰανθίς' from it, and 'Οἰάνθιος.' (i.e. alternative forms/derivatives formed from the place-name)
Unclear MetalinguisticHellanicus, however, says that it is (called) 'Οἰάνθεια.' (variant attestation by an author)

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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…

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