Ὀλκάδες

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Ὀλκάδες OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
people
Entry #44
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 489.20 | Billerbeck: Ο44
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count: 13
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Πολύβιος (Polybius) 3,13,5; 3,14,3; 3,33,10
Entities: Ὀλκάδες (Olcades) [people], Ἀρκάδες (Arcadians) [people], Ἴβηρες (Iberians) [people], Ἴβηρος (Iberus (Ebro River)) [place]
Etymologies: Place Transfer: Olcades: like Arcadians, a people of the Iberians located within the river Iberus (Ebro).
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Ὀλκάδες, ὡς Ἀρκάδες, ἔθνος Ἰβήρων τῶν ἐντὸς Ἴβηρος τοῦ ποταμοῦ. Πολύβιος ἐν τρίτῳ.
Olcades: as [one says] Arcades; a people of the Iberians who dwell on the inner side of the river Iberus. Polybius in Book 3 (3.13.5; 3.14.3; 3.33.10).

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.58
char LCS 51 (77.3%) · word LCS 10 (76.9%)
Stephanos
Ὀλκάδες, ὡς Ἀρκάδες, ἔθνος Ἰβήρων τῶν ἐντὸς Ἴβηρος τοῦ ποταμοῦ. Πολύβιος ἐν τρίτῳ.
Herodian
Ἀρκάδας τὴν πόλιν, ἀλλ´ Ἀρκαδίαν φησί. Ὀλκάς ἔθνος Ἰβήρων τῶν ἐντὸς Ἴβηρος τοῦ ποταμοῦ. Πολύβιος ἐν τρίτῳ. Νουβάς ἔθνος Λιβύης παρὰ Νείλῳ, οἳ καὶ Νοῦβαι καὶ Νουβαῖοι λέγονται, Ἑλλάς πόλις Θεσσαλίας «πολλοὶ Ἀχαΐδες εἰσὶν ἂν Ἑλλάδα τε Φθίην τε» (Il. 9, 395). ἐκτίσθη ὑπὸ Ἕλληνος οὐ τοῦ Δευκαλίωνος, ἀλλὰ τοῦ Φθίου καὶ Χρυσίππου…