Ὀλβία

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city

Entry #41
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 489.3 | Billerbeck: Ο41
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count: 72
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Φίλων (Philon) FGrHist 790 F 47
Entities: Ὀλβία (Olbia) [place], Λιγυστική (Ligystice (regional epithet)) [place], Ὀλβιοπολίτης (Olbiopolites (citizen of Olbia)) [other], Ὀλβιανοί (Olbiani (people of Olbia)) [people], Ἀσιάνοι (Asians (people of Asia)) [people], Ὀλβιανόν (Olbianon (mountain name)) [place], Πόντος (Pontus) [place], Βιθυνία (Bithynia) [place], Ὀλβία (Olbia (the nymph)) [person], Παμφυλία (Pamphylia) [place], Σόλυμοι (Solymi) [people], Ὄλβα (Olba) [place], Ὀλβαῖοι (Olbaians) [people], Ὄλβιος (Olbios (male form)) [person], Ἰβηρία (Iberia) [place], Σάρδος (Sardis) [place], Ἰλλυρία (Illyria) [place], Ἑλλήσποντος (Hellespont) [place], Κιλικία (Cilicia) [place], Ὀλβηνός (Olbenos / Olbēnos (adjectival form)) [other], Ὀλβιακός (Olbiakos (adjectival form)) [other], Ὀλβιακή (Olbiake (feminine adjectival form)) [other]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: (For) Bithynia, from Olbia the nymph.
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Ὀλβία, πόλις Λιγυστική. ὁ πολίτης Ὀλβιοπολίτης. καὶ Ὀλβιανοί ὡς Ἀσιανοί. ἔστι δὲ καὶ πλησίον αὐτῆς ὄρος Ὀλβιανόν. δευτέρα πόλις ἐν Πόντῳ. τρίτη Βιθυνίας, ἀπὸ Ὀλβίας νύμφης. τετάρτη Παμφυλίας, ὡς Φίλων. οὐκ ἔστι δὲ Παμφυλίας, ἀλλὰ τῆς τῶν Σολύμων γῆς, καὶ οὐδὲ Ὀλβία ἀλλὰ Ὄλβα καλεῖται καὶ οἱ πολῖται Ὀλβαῖοι καὶ Ὀλβιος καὶ Ὀλβία. πέμπτη Ἰβηρίας. ἕκτη Σαρδοῦς. ἑβδόμη Ἰλλυρίδος. ὀγδόη Ἑλλησπόντου. ἐνάτη Κιλικίας. λέγεται καὶ Ὀλβηνός καὶ Ὀλβιακός καὶ τὸ θηλυκὸν Ὀλβιακή.

Olba, Olbeia, Olbya, Ollbia">Olbia: a city in Ligystike. Its inhabitant is called an Olbiopolites; also Olbianoi, as (one says) Asianoi. There is also near it a mountain called Olbianon. (2) A city in Pontus. (3) Of Bithynia, from the nymph Olbia. (4) Of Pamphylia, as Philo says (FGrHist 790 F 47). Yet it is not of Pamphylia, but belongs to the land of the Solymi; and it is not called Olbia either, but Olba, and the citizens are Olbaioi, and (there are the names) Olbios and Olbia. (5) Of Iberia. (6) Of the Sardoi (Sardinia). (7) Of Illyris. (8) Of the Hellespont. (9) Of Cilicia. One also says Olbenos and Olbiakos, and the feminine Olbiakē.

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