Ὄλκιον - Stephanos Ethnika

Ὄλκιον OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Entry #45
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 490.1 | Billerbeck: Ο45
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count: 10
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Πολύβιος (Polybius) ϛ (6,11ª,12)
Entities: Ὄλκιον (Olkion (city)) [place], Τυρρηνία (Tyrrhenia) [place], Ὀλκῆται (Olketai (ethnic name, inhabitants of Olkion)) [people], Ὀλκιεῖς (Olkieis (ethnic name, inhabitants of Olkion)) [people]
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Ὄλκιον, πόλις Τυρρηνίας. Πολύβιος ἕκτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὀλκιῆται καὶ Ὀλκιεῖς.

Olcion: a city of Tyrrhenia. Polybius, book 6 (6.11a.12). The ethnic (i.e. demonym) is Olkētai and Olkieis.

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.359

char LCS 32 (54.2%) · word LCS 5 (50.0%)

Stephanos

Ὄλκιον, πόλις Τυρρηνίας. Πολύβιος ἕκτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὀλκιῆται καὶ Ὀλκιεῖς.

Herodian

Ἅγιον τόπος Σκυθίας, ἐν ᾧ Ἀσκληπιὸς ἐτιμᾶτο, ὡς Πολυίστωρ. Πάριον πόλις ἐν Ἑλλησπόντῳ ἀπὸ Παρίου τοῦ Ἰασίωνος. Ὄριον τόπος Κρήτης. Πάνιον σπήλαιον Παλαιστίνης, ἀφ´ οὗ ἐκρεῖ ὁ ποταμὸς Ἰορδάνης. Ὅλκιον πόλις Τυρρηνίας. Πολύβιος ἕκτῳ. Ὅλμιον πόλις Βοιωτίας, ὡς Ἐπαφρόδιτος ἐν τοῖς Ὁμηρικοῖς. Νότιον πόλις Ἰωνίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Ἄντιον πόλις μετὰ Λωρεντὸν τῆς Ἰταλίας ἡ καὶ Ἄντεια. Βάκτριον πόλις. Μόψιον πόλις τῆς Πελασγιώτιδος χώρας Θεσσαλίας. «ὠνόμαστ…