Ὄλυνθος

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Ὄλυνθος, πόλις Θρᾴκης πρὸς τῇ Σιθωνίᾳ τῆς Μακεδονίας, ἀπὸ Ὀλύνθου τοῦ Ἡρακλέους. ὁ πολίτης Ὀλύνθιος καὶ Ὀλυνθία.

Olynthos: a city of Thrace, near Sithonia in Macedonia, named after Olynthos, son of Herakles. The citizen is called Olynthios; the feminine Olynthia.

Text Details

Entry#61
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 491.16 · Billerbeck Ο61
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count17
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ὌλυνθοςOlynthus · place
ΘρᾴκηThrace · place
ΣιθωνίαSithonia · place
ΜακεδονίαMacedonia · place
ὌλυνθοςOlynthus · place
ἩρακλῆςHeracles · deity
ὈλύνθιοςOlynthian (male) · people
ὈλυνθίαOlynthian (female) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Personfrom Olynthus, son of Heracles (i.e. the city is named after Olynthus, son of Heracles).

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC