Ὀλυμπία - Stephanos Ethnika

Ὀλυμπία OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

place

Ὀλυμπία, ἡ πρότερον Πῖσα λεγομένη, ἔνθα Ὀλύμπιος Ζεὺς τιμᾶται, ἀφ´ οὗ τὰ Ὀλύμπια ὁ ἀγών. μετὰ συλλαβῆς τὰ τοπικά, Ὀλυμπίαθεν Ὀλυμπίαζε. λέγεται καὶ Ἅρπινα ὡς Νικάνωρ, ἀπὸ τῆς Οἰνομάου μητρός.

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry	#58
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 491.5 · Billerbeck Ο58
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count	30

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Νικάνωρ (Nikanor)	FHG III 633 F 8

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ὀλυμπία	Olympia · place · corrected · Q38888
Πῖσα	Pisa · place · corrected · Q922329
Ζεύς	Zeus · deity · corrected · Q34201
Ὀλύμπια	the Olympic Games · other · corrected · Q38888
Ὀλυμπία	(local form) from Olympia · place · corrected · Q38888
Ὀλυμπία	(local form) from Olympia · place · corrected · Q38888
Ἄρπινα	Arpina · place · corrected · Q5663572
Οἰνόμαος	Oinomaus · person
Olympia / formerly Pisa	place · sanctuary/town · Elis, Peloponnese · explicit · wikidata: Q3252409 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	Where Olympian Zeus is honored, from whom the Games (the Olympics) take their name.
Morphological Composition	By syllabic/local (phonological) change: 'Olympiathen' → 'Olympiaze' (showing local morphological forms).
Eponym Person	It is also said to be Arpina, according to Nicanor, from the mother of Oenomaus (i.e., named after her).
Unclear Metalinguistic	Formerly called Pisa.

Links

Place links	Olympia \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1968.jpg
Review	Open review page

Herodian overlaps

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