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
Edition ids	Meineke 484.15 · Billerbeck Ο18
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
Review	Open review page

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