Χαλδία

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ΧαλδίαParisinus OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Χαλδία, χώρα τῆς Ἀρμενίας. Μένιππος ἐν περίπλῳ τῶν δύο Πόντων “τὴν .... μέχρι τούτων τῶν βαρβάρων ἐστὶν ἡ Ποντικὴ βασιλεία”. καὶ κατά “Τιβαρηνίην καὶ Χαλδίην καὶ Σαννικήν”. οἱ ἐν ταύτῃ κατοικοῦντες Χάλδοι· οὕτως γὰρ ἐπεκράτησεν.

Chaldia in the masculine grammatical gender, Chaldie/Chaldia (variant feminine form), Chaldya, Challdia, ...+1 more">Chaldia: a region of Armenia. Menippos, in his Periplous of the Two Pontoi: 'the... as far as these barbarians is the Pontic kingdom'; and in the passage, 'Tibarenie and Chaldie and Sannike'. Those who live in it are 'Chaldoi'; for this is the form that prevailed.

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Text Details

Entry#9
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 680.18
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-13
Word count165
AI translationgpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Μένιππος (Menippus)Periplus of the Two Pontuses · 9v43 Diller = GGM 1,572,11
Περίπλους τῶν δύο Πόντων (Periplus of the Two Pontuses)Periplus of the Two Pontuses
Θουκυδίδης (Thucydides)8 (8,60,2)
Ἀπολλόδωρος (Apollodorus)Catalogue of Ships · FGrHist 244 F 155
Κατάλογος νεῶν (Catalogue of Ships)Catalogue of Ships
Στράβων (Strabo)θ (9,1,3 [C 391,14])
Παυσανίας (Pausanias)ζ (7,11,4); Paus. loc. cit.
Θουκυδίδης (Thucydides)β (2,23,3)
Θεόπομπος (Theopompus)Hellenics · ϛ Ἑλληνικῶν (FGrHist 115 F 12)
Ἑλληνικά (Hellenics)Hellenics
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΧαλδίαChaldia · place
ἈρμενίαArmenia · place
ΠόντοςPontus · place
ΠοντικόςPontic · place
ΤιβαρηνίαTibarenia · place
ΧαλδίαChaldia · place
ΣαννικήSannike · place
ΧάλδοιChaldians · people
ἌργοςArgos · place
ΘεσπρωτίαThesprotia · place
ΝικόπολιςNicopolis · place
ὨρωπόςOropus · place
ῬόδοςRhodes · place
ΓραῖαGraia · place
ὨρωπεύςOropians · people
ὨρωπίαOropia · place
ὨρώπιοςOropian · other
ὨρωπιεύςOropian · people
ὨρωπιάςOropian · other
ῬωμαῖοιRomans · people
ὨρώπιοιOropians · people
ἈθηναῖοιAthenians · people
ΤήλεφοςTelephus · person
ὨρωπόςOropus · place
Chaldia in Armeniaplace · district/region · Armenia · explicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonThe people living in this region are Chaldaeans; for that is the name that prevailed (i.e., the region was called Chaldia after its inhabitants).
Place TransferThere is also a city in Argos, founded later, and another in Thesprotia (that is, in Nicopolis); these are homonymous places, though no explicit name-origin explanation is given.
Unclear MetalinguisticThe ethnic name is Ōrōpeus; Apollodorus accordingly says that Graia is a place, the city of the Ōrōpeans.
Morphological Composition[Strabo’s form Ὠρωπίας is understood] as derived from Ὠρώπιος; for if it were derived from Ὠρωπιεύς, he would have said Ὠρωπιάς.

Links

Place linksChaldia | 📍 Map
Page scans../graphic/page_074_001.png, ../graphic/page_148_001.png
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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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 · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (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
FormulaΧ (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
Glossπερίπλους ὁ
gloss:45874e1d0f0f7fb7
sea voyage
Domain: MEASUREMENT & SPACE
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossχώρα 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
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.268
char LCS 23 (12.8%) · word LCS 5 (14.7%)
Stephanos
Χαλδία, χώρα τῆς Ἀρμενίας. Μένιππος ἐν περίπλῳ τῶν δύο Πόντων “τὴν .... μέχρι τούτων τῶν βαρβάρων ἐστὶν ἡ Ποντικὴ βασιλεία”. καὶ κατά “Τιβαρηνίην καὶ Χαλδίην καὶ Σαννικήν”. οἱ ἐν ταύτῃ κατοικοῦντες Χάλδοι· οὕτως γὰρ ἐπεκράτησεν.
Herodian
φησί. Μένιππος δὲ χωρίον Τραπεζοῦντος ἐν περίπλῳ τῶν δύο πόντων. Ἑκαταῖος δὲ καὶ Θεόπομπος πόλιν αὐτήν φασιν. μέτασσα παρὰ τὸ μετά »χωρὶς δὲ μέτασσαι« (Od. ι 221). Ἔδεσσα πόλις Συρίας ἀποικία τῆς ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ. Ποιήεσσα πόλις τῆς Κέω. Σύεσσα καλύβη τις ἐν Λυκίᾳ ἀπὸ Συέσσης γραός τινο…

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