Οἰχαλία

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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.

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Text Details

Entry#37
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 487.18
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count69

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ὅμηρος (Homer)Ἰλιάς · (Β 730)
Λῖνος (Linos)—
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΟἰχαλίαOichalia (Oechalia) · place · corrected · Q939149
ἌργοςArgos · place
ΟἰχαλίαOichalia (accusative) · place · corrected · Q939149
ΕὔρυτοςEurytus · person
ΕὔβοιαEuboea · place · corrected · Q173096
ΜεσσηνίαMessenia (as Messenian) · place
ΤραχῖναιTrachis (Trachinia) · place
ΘετταλίαThessaly · place · corrected · Q1247568
ἈρκαδίαArcadia · place · corrected · Q12898802
ΟἰχαλιεύςOichalieus (inhabitant of Oichalia) · people
ΑἰμονίαAimonia/Aemonia (place) · place
ΑἰμονιεύςAimonieus (inhabitant of Aimonia) · people
ΑἰμονίςAimonis (demonym variant) · people
ΟἰχαλίςOichalis (demonym variant) · people
ΟἰχαλιώτηςOichaliote (inhabitant of Oichalia) · people
ἈμβρακιώτηςAmbraciote (inhabitant of Ambracia) · people
ΣικελιώτηςSicilian · people
ΟἰχάλιοςOichalios (adjectival/form) · other
Οἰχαλίηθενfrom Oichalia (adverbial/form) · other
Oichalia in Pelasgian Argos / Euboiaplace · city · Pelasgian Argos; later placed in Euboia · explicit · wikidata: Q27926189 · candidate
Oichalia in Messeniaplace · city · Messenia · explicit · wikidata: Q21601736 · candidate
Oichalia in Trachisplace · city · Trachis · explicit · unresolved
Oichalia in Thessalyplace · city · Thessaly · explicit · wikidata: Q3594069 · candidate
Oichalia in Arkadiaplace · city · Arkadia · explicit · wikidata: Q27926189 · candidate
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
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 CompositionThe citizen form Οἰχαλιεύς — just as from Αἰμονία comes Αἰμονιεύς, and also Αἰμονίς, so from Οἰχαλία comes Οἰχαλίς.
Morphological CompositionAnd Οἰχαλιώτης (is formed) like Ἀμβρακιώτης, Σικελιώτης — i.e. the demonym formed with -ιώτης.
Morphological CompositionHe is also called Οἰχάλιος and Οἰχαλίηθεν, from the place — i.e. these forms derive from the place-name.

Links

Place linksOechalia (Euboea) | 📍 Map
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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME)
formula:c795eaabedf9a542
Translate as "Χ, in his *Y*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH)
formula:1bb0974b95264dde
Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE)
formula:0a6d211492d74a05
Translate as "a X of the Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaκαί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN)
formula:0af867b3dd6df580
Translate as "Y is also 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC)
formula:9b2896a329a36c7e
Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:7163e35f4bd326d9
Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.300
char LCS 76 (22.0%) · word LCS 16 (23.2%)
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…

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