Οἰνοῦσσαι

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Οἰνοῦσσαι OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
island
Entry #29
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 486.11 | Billerbeck: Ο29
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count: 12
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 142 [Εὐρώπη]
Entities: Οἰνοῦσσαι (Oinousses (the islands Oinoussae)) [place], Χίος (Chios) [place], Εὐρώπη (Europe) [place], Οἰνουσσαῖος (Oinoussaean (demonym)) [people], Οἰνούσσιος (Oinoussius / Oinoussian (variant demonym)) [people]
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Οἰνοῦσσαι, νῆσοι τῇ Χίῳ προσεχεῖς. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Οἰνουσσαῖος καὶ Οἰνούσσιος.
Oinoussai: an island close to Chios. Hekataios in the *Europa*. The ethnic (gentilic) is *Oinoussaios* and *Oinoussios*.

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.270
char LCS 42 (56.0%) · word LCS 7 (58.3%)
Stephanos
Οἰνοῦσσαι, νῆσοι τῇ Χίῳ προσεχεῖς. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Οἰνουσσαῖος καὶ Οἰνούσσιος.
Herodian
…νικοῦσσα δύο νῆσοι ἐν τῷ Λιβυκῷ κόλπῳ πρὸς τῇ Καρχηδόνι, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει Λιβύης. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Φοινίκων ἐν Συρίᾳ Φοινικοῦσσαι, ὡς αὐτὸς ἐν Ἀσίᾳ. Φυκοῦσσαι νῆσοι Λιβύης· ὀνομάζονται δὲ διὰ τὸ φύκων εἶναι πλήρεις. Οἰνοῦσσαι νῆσοι τῇ Χίῳ προσεχεῖς. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Ἐλαιοῦσσα νῆσος Κιλικίας κατὰ τὴν ἤπειρον πρὸς τῇ Κωρύκῳ. εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ ἄλλαι νῆσοι ἑπτά. Σχινοῦσσα Φωκικὴ νῆσος. Δρυμοῦσσα νῆσος Ἰωνίας. Θουκυδίδης ὀγδόῃ (c. 31). Φαρμακοῦσσαι δύο νῆσοι πλησίον Σαλαμῖνος. καὶ ἄλλη ὑπὲρ …