Χαύων - Stephanos Ethnika

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Χαύων, χώρα τῆς Μηδίας. Κτησίας ἐν πρώτῳ Περσικῶν “ἡ δὲ Σεμίραμις ἐντεῦθεν ἐξελαύνει αὐτή τε καὶ ἡ στρατιὰ καὶ ἀφικνεῖται εἰς Χαύονα τῆς Μηδίας”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Χαύονες.

Chauon: a region in Media. Ktesias, in book 1 of his Persika: ‘Semiramis then sets out from there, both she herself and the army, and arrives at Chauon in Media.’ The ethnonym is ‘Chauones’.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#34
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 690.1
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-12
Word count	27
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Κτησίας (Ctesias)	Περσικά (Persica) · fr. 1h Lenfant = FGrHist 688 F 1h
Περσικά (Persica (History of Persia))	Περσικά · fr. 1h Lenfant = FGrHist 688 F 1h

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Χαύων	Chauon · place
Μηδία	Media · place
Σεμίραμις	Semiramis · person
Χαύων	Chauon · place
Μηδία	Media · place
Χαύωνες	Chauonians · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	“Chauon: a region of Media ... she arrives at Chauon in Media.” The passage identifies the place and its occurrence in the narrative, but does not explain the origin or formation of the name.

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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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χώρα ἡ gloss:54f628c16aa263ce	region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις); land (remote or poetical places) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.22

char LCS 117 (88.0%) · word LCS 24 (88.9%)

Stephanos

Χαύων, χώρα τῆς Μηδίας. Κτησίας ἐν πρώτῳ Περσικῶν “ἡ δὲ Σεμίραμις ἐντεῦθεν ἐξελαύνει αὐτή τε καὶ ἡ στρατιὰ καὶ ἀφικνεῖται εἰς Χαύονα τῆς Μηδίας”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Χαύονες.

Herodian

…νταιούπολις πόλις ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμοφώνως, Εὐγαίων, Καδμαίων, Ἀθηναίων, εὐαίων, δυσαίων, ἰσαίων. τὸ δὲ Ἑκατομβαιών ὄνομα μηνός, τὸ δὲ...... ὄνομα ποταμοῦ, τὸ δὲ ἐλαιών περιεκτικόν. * Τὰ εἰς 'αυων' βαρύνεται, Χαύων χώρα τῆς Μηδίας· Κτησίας ἐν πρώτῳ Περσικῶν «ἡ δὲ Σεμίραμις ἐντεῦθεν ἐξελαύνει αὐτή τε καὶ ἡ στρατιὰ καὶ ἀφικνεῖται εἰς Χαύονα τῆς Μηδίας». καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμοφώνως. * Τὰ εἰς 'υων' δισύλλαβα βαρύνεται, κύων τὸ ζῷον, Μύων πόλις Λοκρῶν ἐν τῇ ἠπείρῳ ἡ καὶ Μυονία· τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμοφώνως. Θουκυδίδης δὲ τρίτῃ ( 101) Μυονέας αὐτούς φησι. Τὰ εἰς 'υων' ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβ…