Ὀρέσται - Stephanos Ethnika

Ὀρέσται OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

people

Ὀρέσται, Μολοσσικὸν ἔθνος. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Θεαγένης ἐν Μακεδονικοῖς φησιν ὅτι, ἐπεὶ ἀφείθη τῆς μανίας Ὀρέστης, φεύγων διὰ τὴν αἰδῶ μετὰ τῆς Ἑρμιόνης εἰς ταύτην ἦλθε τὴν γῆν καὶ παῖδα ἔσχεν Ὀρέστην, οὗ ἄρξαντος ἐκλήθησαν Ὀρέσται· αὐτὸς δὲ ὑπὸ ἐχίδνης δηχθεὶς θνήσκει εἰς χωρίον τῆς Ἀρκαδίας, τὸ λεγόμενον Ὀρέστειον. λέγεται καὶ θηλυκὸν Ὀρεστίς καὶ Ὀρεστιάς, ὡσαύτως Θεαγένης [καὶ] Διονύσιος δευτέρῳ Γιγαντιάδος.

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry	#87
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 494.25
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count	61

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	Εὐρώπῃ · FGrHist 1 F 107
Θεαγένης (Theagenes)	Μακεδονικοῖς · FGrHist 774 F 10; fr. 30 Livrea = p. 61 Heitsch
Διονύσιος (Dionysius b. Gigantiados)	fr. 30 Livrea = p. 61 Heitsch

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ὀρέσται	Orestai (Orestae) · people · corrected · Q183431
Εὐρώπη	Europe · place
Ὀρέστης	Orestes · person
Ἑρμιόνη	Hermione · person · corrected · Q58401924
Ἀρκαδία	Arcadia · place · corrected · Q12898802
Ὀρέστειον	Oresteion · place
Ὀρεστίς	Orestis · place
Ὀρεστιάς	Orestias · place
Ὀρέσται	place · explicit · wikidata: Q12882317 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	When Orestes' madness was removed, fleeing in shame with Hermione he came to this land and had a son Orestes; when he ruled, they were called Orestai.
Eponym Person	He, having been bitten by a viper, died in a district of Arcadia, the place called Orestion.
Morphological Composition	It is also said to be (in the) feminine Orestis and Orestias.

Links

Place links	Q12882317
Page scans	e9783110219630_i2016.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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	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
Gloss	γῆ ἡ gloss:728db30aa96e9869	land, dirt, Earth Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἔθνος τό gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8	people Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χωρίον τό gloss:619c2907ea980b25	locality; point (only in μέσα χωρία: ‘halfway point’) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL 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.

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.