Ὀλυμπιεῖον - Stephanos Ethnika

Ὀλυμπιεῖον OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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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
Edition ids	Meineke 491.9 · Billerbeck Ο59
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

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