Χάλκεια - Stephanos Ethnika

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Χάλκεια, πόλις Λιβύης. ὁ πολυίστωρ ἐν Λιβυκῶν τρίτῳ, ὡς Δημοσθένης, ᾧ μεμφόμενος Πολύβιος ἐν τῷ δωδεκάτῳ ὧδε γράφει “ἀγνοεῖ δὲ μεγάλως καὶ περὶ τῶν χαλκείων· οὐδὲ γὰρ πόλις ἐστίν, ἀλλὰ χαλκουργεῖα”. ἔστι καὶ Καρίας Χάλκεια ἧς τὸ ἐθνικὸν Χαλκεάτης, ὡς Κρατερῷ δοκεῖ.

Chalkeia: a city in Libya. The Polyhistor mentions it in book 3 of his Libyka, as does Demosthenes; criticising him, Polybios writes as follows in book 12: ‘He is greatly mistaken also about the Chalkeia; for it is not a city, but bronze-works.’ There is also Chalkeia in Karia, of which the ethnonym is ‘Chalkeates’, as Krateros thinks.

AI translation — gpt-5.5; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#13
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 681.12
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-12
Word count	43
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Πολύιστωρ (Polyistor)	Λιβυκά · FGrHist 273 F 46
Λιβυκά (Libyaca (History of Libya))	Λιβυκά · FGrHist 273 F 46
Τιμοσθένης (T historieshenes)	FGrHist 2051 F 30
Πολύβιος (Polybius)	Histories · 12,1,5
Κρατερός (Craterus)	FGrHist 342 F 19

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Χάλκεια	Chalceia · place
Λιβύη	Libya · place
Χάλκεια	the Chalc(e)ians / inhabitants of Chalceia · people
Καρία	Caria · place
Χάλκεια	Chalceia · place
Χαλκεάτης	Chalceate · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	“He is greatly mistaken also about the Chalceia; for it is not a city either, but bronze-working shops/foundries.” This identifies Χάλκεια/Χαλκεῖα through its association with χαλκουργεῖα (bronze-working establishments), though it is framed as a correction of the place's status rather than an explicit derivation of the name.
Unclear Metalinguistic	There is also a Chαλkeia in Caria, whose ethnic name is Chalkeates. This mentions another place bearing the same name, but does not explicitly explain that the name was transferred from one place to another.

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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 · 2 scan rows · 3 occurrences
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (NEUTER ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:36c80425f64385f6	Translate as "X... from which is Y" or "X... as per 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	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 · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	Χ (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:c22408ee90fd1a1e	*Translate as "X, in book Y of his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:f22af8012162d222	*Translate as 'as per X, in book Y of his Z'* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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 1.371

char LCS 179 (84.0%) · word LCS 35 (83.3%)

Stephanos

Χάλκεια, πόλις Λιβύης. ὁ πολυίστωρ ἐν Λιβυκῶν τρίτῳ, ὡς Δημοσθένης, ᾧ μεμφόμενος Πολύβιος ἐν τῷ δωδεκάτῳ ὧδε γράφει “ἀγνοεῖ δὲ μεγάλως καὶ περὶ τῶν χαλκείων· οὐδὲ γὰρ πόλις ἐστίν, ἀλλὰ χαλκουργεῖα”. ἔστι καὶ Καρίας Χάλκεια ἧς τὸ ἐθνικὸν Χαλκεάτης, ὡς Κρατερῷ δοκεῖ.

Herodian

…θῳ. Νάξειον τὸ ὄρος. Ἄσχειον πόλις Ἀχαΐας. Τήνειον πόλις Ἀχαΐας. Τίβειον τόπος Φρυγίας ἀπὸ Τιβίου τινός. Σύλειον πόλις Φρυγίας. ἐν δυσὶ 'λλ' καὶ δι´ ἑνός. γράφεται δὲ καὶ Σύλαιον. Φίνειον τόπος τοῦ Πόντου κτίσμα Φινέως. Χάλκεια πόλις Λιβύης. ὁ πολυίστωρ ἐν Λιβυκῶν τρίτῳ, ὡς Δημοσθένης, ᾧ μεμφόμενος Πολύβιος ἐν τῷ δωδεκάτῳ ὧδε γράφει «ἀγνοεῖ δὲ μεγάλως καὶ περὶ τῶν χαλκείων· οὐδὲ γὰρ πόλις ἐστίν, ἀλλὰ χαλκουργεῖα». ἔστι καὶ Καρίας Χάλκεια. Ὄγκειον χωρίον Ἀρκαδίας ἀπὸ Ὄγκου δυναστεύσαντος ὡς Παυσανίας δηλοῖ ὀγδόῳ (c. 25, 4). Μούσειον τόπος περὶ τὸν Ὄλυμπον τὸν ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ. Πολύβιος τριακοστῷ ἑβδόμῳ. Λύρκειον ὄρος Ἄργους. Καλλίμαχος Ἑκάλῃ. Ζοίτειον πόλις …