Οἰχαλία - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #37
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 487.18 | Billerbeck: Ο37
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count: 69
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ὅμηρος (Homer) (Β 730) [Ἰλιάς], Λῖνος (Linos)
Entities: Οἰχαλία (Oichalia (Oechalia)) [place], Ἄργος (Argos) [place], Οἰχαλία (Oichalia (accusative)) [place], Εὔρυτος (Eurytus) [person], Εὔβοια (Euboea) [place], Μεσσηνία (Messenia (as Messenian)) [place], Τραχῖναι (Trachis (Trachinia)) [place], Θετταλία (Thessaly) [place], Ἀρκαδία (Arcadia) [place], Οἰχαλιεύς (Oichalieus (inhabitant of Oichalia)) [people], Αἰμονία (Aimonia/Aemonia (place)) [place], Αἰμονιεύς (Aimonieus (inhabitant of Aimonia)) [people], Αἰμονίς (Aimonis (demonym variant)) [people], Οἰχαλίς (Oichalis (demonym variant)) [people], Οἰχαλιώτης (Oichaliote (inhabitant of Oichalia)) [people], Ἀμβρακιώτης (Ambraciote (inhabitant of Ambracia)) [people], Σικελιώτης (Sicilian) [people], Οἰχάλιος (Oichalios (adjectival/form)) [other], Οἰχαλίηθεν (from Oichalia (adverbial/form)) [other]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: "who hold Oichalia, the city of Eurytus" (Homer B 730) — i.e. Oichalia is described as the city of (or belonging to) Eurytus.; Morphological Composition: The citizen form Οἰχαλιεύς — just as from Αἰμονία comes Αἰμονιεύς, and also Αἰμονίς, so from Οἰχαλία comes Οἰχαλίς.; Morphological Composition: And Οἰχαλιώτης (is formed) like Ἀμβρακιώτης, Σικελιώτης — i.e. the demonym formed with -ιώτης.; Morphological Composition: He is also called Οἰχάλιος and Οἰχαλίηθεν, from the place — i.e. these forms derive from the place-name.
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Οἰχαλία, πόλις, ἣν Ὅμηρος ἐν τῷ Πελασγικῷ Ἄργει τάσσει λέγων “οἵ τ´ ἔχον Οἰχαλίην, πόλιν Εὐρύτου”. οἱ δὲ νεώτεροι τεθείκασιν αὐτὴν ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ. ἔστι καὶ Μεσσηνὶς Οἰχαλία καὶ ἑτέρα ἐν Τραχῖνι καὶ ἐν Θετταλίᾳ καὶ ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ. ὁ πολίτης Οἰχαλιεύς ὡς τὸ Αἱμονία Αἱμονιεύς, καὶ [ὡς] Αἱμονίς οὕτω καὶ Οἰχαλίς, καὶ Οἰχαλιώτης ὡς Ἀμβρακιώτης [καὶ] Σικελιώτης. Λίνος γὰρ ὁ ἱστορικὸς Οἰχαλιώτης ἦν. λέγεται καὶ Οἰχάλιος καὶ Οἰχαλίηθεν ἐκ τόπου.

Oichalia: a city, which Homer (Iliad 2.730) places in Pelasgic Argos, saying: “and those who held Oichalia, the city of Eurytus.” But the later writers have located it in Euboea. There is also an Oichalia in Messenia, and another in Trachis, and in Thessaly, and in Arcadia. The citizen is Oichalieus, as from Haimonia comes Haimonieus; and just as (one says) Haimonis, so too Oichalis. Also Oichaliotes, as Ambrakiotes, Sikeliotes. For Linos the historian was an Oichaliotes. One also says Oichalios, and Oichaliēthen (‘from Oichalia’) as a local adverb.

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Stephanos

Οἰχαλία, πόλις, ἣν Ὅμηρος ἐν τῷ Πελασγικῷ Ἄργει τάσσει λέγων “οἵ τ´ ἔχον Οἰχαλίην, πόλιν Εὐρύτου”. οἱ δὲ νεώτεροι τεθείκασιν αὐτὴν ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ. ἔστι καὶ Μεσσηνὶς Οἰχαλία καὶ ἑτέρα ἐν Τραχῖνι καὶ ἐν Θετταλίᾳ καὶ ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ. ὁ πολίτης Οἰχαλιεύς ὡς τὸ Αἱμονία Αἱμονιεύς, καὶ [ὡς] Αἱμονίς οὕτω καὶ Οἰχαλίς, καὶ Οἰχαλιώτης …

Herodian

…αὶ Φιλωτέρα. Τὸ μέντοι Στειριά δῆμος Ἀττικὸς τῆς Πανδιονίδος φυλῆς, λέγεται δὲ καὶ οὐδετέρως. Τὰ εἰς 'α' μακρὸν παραληγόμενα τῇ 'λι', ἧς προηγεῖται 'α', βαρύνεται πρᾶγμα σημαῖνον, διδασκαλία, ἀτασθαλία, ἢ ὀνόματα χωρῶν, Οἰχαλία πόλις, ἣν Ὅμηρος ἐν τῷ Πελασγικῷ Ἄργει τάσσει λέγων «οἵ τ´ ἔχον Οἰχαλίην, πόλιν Εὐρύτου» (Β 730). οἱ δὲ νεώτεροι τεθείκασιν αὐτὴν ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ. ἔστι καὶ Μεσσηνὶς Οἰχαλία καὶ ἑτέρα ἐν Τραχῖνι. Θεσσαλία ἀπὸ Θεσσαλοῦ ἡ πρότερον Πελασγία. Παραλία τῆς Ἀττικῆς. Χαλία πόλις Βοιωτίας. Θεόπομπος μεʹ «τὴν δὲ Χαλίαν καὶ…