Ὀλυμπιεῖον - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ὀλυμπιεῖον, τόπος ἐν Δήλῳ, ὃν κτίσαντες Ἀθηναῖοι χρήμασιν Ἀδριανοῦ νέας Ἀθήνας Ἀδριανάς ἐκάλεσαν, ὡς Φλέγων ἐν Ὀλυμπιάδων ιεʹ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὀλυμπιεύς ἢ Ὀλύμπιος ὡς Βυζάντιος.

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Text Details

Entry	#59
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 491.9
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count	26

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Φλέγων (Phlegon)	Ὀλυμπιάδων · FGrHist 257 F 19

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ὀλυμπιεῖον	Olympieion · place · corrected · Q1123019
Ἀθηναῖος	Athenians · people
Ἁδριανός	Hadrian · person · corrected · Q1427
Νέα Ἀθήνα	New Athens · place
Ἁδριανά	Hadriana(s) · place
Ὀλυμπιεύς	Olympieus (ethnic) · other
Ὀλύμπιος	Olympios (ethnic) · other
Βυζάντιος	Byzantios / Byzantine (ethnic) · other
Ὀλυμπιεῖον	place · place · explicit · wikidata: Q1123019 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	Having founded it, the Athenians, with the funds of Hadrian, called (the New Athens) 'Hadriana' (i.e. Hadrian's [New Athens]).
Unclear Metalinguistic	The ethnicon (demonym) is 'Olympieus' or 'Olympios', according to Byzantios (note on the name-form rather than origin).

Links

Place links	Temple of Olympian Zeus \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1968.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his Y"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.375

char LCS 72 (50.7%) · word LCS 12 (48.0%)

Stephanos

Ὀλυμπιεῖον, τόπος ἐν Δήλῳ, ὃν κτίσαντες Ἀθηναῖοι χρήμασιν Ἀδριανοῦ νέας Ἀθήνας Ἀδριανάς ἐκάλεσαν, ὡς Φλέγων ἐν Ὀλυμπιάδων ιεʹ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὀλυμπιεύς ἢ Ὀλύμπιος ὡς Βυζάντιος.

Herodian

…μένου αὐτοῦ τοῦ 'α' ὥστε εἶναι πρὸ τέλους τὴν 'αι' δίφθογγον ἢ ὅσα κτητικά, Ἀσκληπιεῖον· Ἀσκληπιός γάρ. Πτολεμαεῖον· Πτολεμαῖος γάρ. Ὀλυμπιεῖα τὰ Ἀθήνησι, Ὀλύμπιος γάρ· ἔστι καὶ Ὀλυμπιεῖον τόπος ἐν Δήλῳ, ὃν κτίσαντες οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι χρήμασιν Ἀδριανοῦ νέας Ἀθήνας Ἀδριανὰς ἐκάλεσαν ὡς Φλέγων ἐν Ὀλυμπιάδων ιεʹ. Καπετωλιεῖα καὶ Καπετωλεῖα ἐν συναιρέσει· Καπετώλιος γάρ. Ἀμμωνιεῖον· τὸ γὰρ κτητικὸν Ἀμμώνιος διὰ τοῦ 'ι'. προπαροξύνεται δὲ τὰ κτητικὰ ὥσπερ τὰ ἀρσενικά, Ἡράκλειον, Αἰάκειον, Διοσκούρειον, Πλουτώνειον, Ποσειδώνειον,…

Herodian 1.153

char LCS 23 (16.2%) · word LCS 5 (20.0%)

Stephanos

Ὀλυμπιεῖον, τόπος ἐν Δήλῳ, ὃν κτίσαντες Ἀθηναῖοι χρήμασιν Ἀδριανοῦ νέας Ἀθήνας Ἀδριανάς ἐκάλεσαν, ὡς Φλέγων ἐν Ὀλυμπιάδων ιεʹ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὀλυμπιεύς ἢ Ὀλύμπιος ὡς Βυζάντιος.

Herodian

…, ἀστερίσκος, ὀβελίσκος, πανίσκος, Κωραλίσκος, οὐρανίσκος, Βορμίσκος πόλις Μακεδονίας. Δορίσκος πόλις Θρᾴκης καὶ πεδίον. Φαλίσκος πόλις Ἰταλίας καὶ ὁ οἰκήτωρ ὁμοφώνως. Ἱππουρίσκος νῆσος Καρίας. Σκορδίσκος ἔθνος Παιονίας ὡς Φλέγων ἐν Ὀλυμπιάδων ιεʹ. Τριποδίσκος καὶ Τριποδίσκοι κώμη τῆς Μεγαρίδος. λέγεται καὶ Τριποδίσκη. Ἐλευθερίσκος πόλις Μακεδονίας. Ταυρίσκος ἔθνος περὶ τὰ Ἄλπεια ὄρη. λέγονται καὶ Ταυρῖνοι, ὡς Πολύβιος τρίτῳ (c. 60, 8). Ἐρατοσθένης Τερίσκους αὐτούς …