Ὄλβηλος - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #40
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 489.1 | Billerbeck: Ο40
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count: 8
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Βάλακρος (Balakros) FGrHist 773 F 3 [Μακεδονικῶν]
Entities: Ὄλβηλος (Olbelos (town)) [place], Μακεδονία (Macedonia) [place], Ὀλβήλιος (Olbelios (ethnic/demonym)) [people]
Source: e9783110219630_i1947.jpg
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Ὄλβηλος, πόλις Μακεδονίας. Βάλακρος Μακεδονικῶν .. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὀλβήλιος.

Olbelos: a city of Macedonia. Balakros, in his *Macedonica* <…> (FGrHist 773 F 3). The ethnic (gentilic) is *Olbelios*.

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.162

char LCS 41 (70.7%) · word LCS 5 (62.5%)

Stephanos

Ὄλβηλος, πόλις Μακεδονίας. Βάλακρος Μακεδονικῶν .. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὀλβήλιος.

Herodian

Εὐρύηλος· οὕτως ἡ ἀκρόπολις τῶν Ἐπιπολῶν. Κάρμηλος ὄρος. Ὄλβηλος πόλις Μακεδονίας. Βάλακρος Μακεδονικῶν.... Ῥάκηλος πόλις Μακεδονίας. Σελευκόβηλος πόλις Συρίας. Φάρβηλος πόλις Ἐρετριέων. Ἄρβηλος ὁ Ἀθμονέως, ἀφ´ οὗ Ἄρβηλα πόλις Περσική. τὸ δὲ ῥιγηλός ἔχει θηλυκόν. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ηλος' ὑπερδισύλλαβα ἁπλᾶ ἐπιθετικὰ ἔχοντα θηλυκ…