Ὀλυμπία

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Entry #58
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 491.5 | Billerbeck: Ο58
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count: 30
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Νικάνωρ (Nikanor) FHG III 633 F 8
Entities: Ὀλυμπία (Olympia) [place], Πῖσα (Pisa) [place], Ζεύς (Zeus) [deity], Ὀλύμπια (the Olympic Games) [other], Ὀλυμπία ((local form) from Olympia) [place], Ὀλυμπία ((local form) from Olympia) [place], Ἄρπινα (Arpina) [place], Οἰνόμαος (Oinomaus) [person]
Etymologies: 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.
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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.

Olympia: formerly called Pisa, where Olympian Zeus is honored, from whom the Olympic Games, the contest, take their name. The local adverbials are formed with an added syllable: Olympiathen (“from Olympia”), Olympiaze (“to/towards Olympia”). It is also called Harpina, as Nikanor (FHG III 633 F 8) says, after the mother of Oinomaos.

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