Ψεβώ

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Ψεβώ, χώρα ἐνδοτάτη Αἰθιοπίας, περὶ ἧς Ἀρισταγόρας ἐν Αἰγυπτιακοῖς τάδε γράφει “οὗτοι δή φασιν εἶναι χώραν ἀπέχουσαν Αἰθιοπίας ὁδὸν ἡμερῶν πέντε καλουμένην Ψεβώ”. Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν ὀγδόῳ γεωγραφουμένων λίμνην εἶναί φησι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ψεβοΐτης ὡς Σαβοΐτης.

Psebo: a region in the far interior of Ethiopia, about which Aristagoras, in his Aigyptiaka, writes the following: ‘These people indeed say that there is a region, five days’ journey distant from Ethiopia, called Psebo.’ Artemidoros, in book 8 of his Geography, says that it is a lake. The ethnonym is ‘Pseboites’, as in ‘Saboites’.

Text Details

Entry#2
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 700.21
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-13
Word count35
AI translationgpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἀρισταγόρας (Aristagoras)Αἰγυπτιακά · FGrHist 608 F 10
Αἰγυπτιακά (Egyptian Matters)Αἰγυπτιακά · FGrHist 608 F 10
Ἀρτεμίδωρος (Artemidorus)Γεωγραφούμενα · fr. 93 Stiehle
Γεωγραφούμενα (Geographical Matters)Γεωγραφούμενα · fr. 93 Stiehle
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΨεβώPsebo · place
ΑἰθιοπίαEthiopia · place
ΨεβοΐτηςPseboite · people
ΣαβοΐτηςSaboite · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear Metalinguisticcalled Psebo
Morphological Compositionthe ethnic name is formed as in Saboites / Soboites

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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 · 3 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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH)
formula:1bb0974b95264dde
Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
Formulaτὸ 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
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME)
formula:d915b1886270056c
Translate as "as per X"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formulaὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:7163e35f4bd326d9
Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossλιμή ὁ
gloss:6f81c31b2d09b3f3
lake, harbor
Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS
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 · 3 scan rows · 6 occurrences
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.348
char LCS 106 (50.7%) · word LCS 18 (51.4%)
Stephanos
Ψεβώ, χώρα ἐνδοτάτη Αἰθιοπίας, περὶ ἧς Ἀρισταγόρας ἐν Αἰγυπτιακοῖς τάδε γράφει “οὗτοι δή φασιν εἶναι χώραν ἀπέχουσαν Αἰθιοπίας ὁδὸν ἡμερῶν πέντε καλουμένην Ψεβώ”. Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν ὀγδόῳ γεωγραφουμένων λίμνην εἶναί φησι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ψεβοΐτης ὡς Σαβοΐτης.
Herodian
…ης, ἀφ´ ἧς καὶ Ἡφαίστου Καδμῖλος. Ῥοιώ ἡ Ζάρηκος θυγάτηρ. Συρακώ λίμνη. Ταχεμψώ νῆσος Αἰθιοπίας πρὸς τῇ Λιβύῃ, ὡς Ἡρόδοτος δευτέρᾳ (c. 29). Χομψώ νῆσος ἐν τῷ Νείλῳ, μέση Αἰθιοπίας καὶ Αἰγύπτου. Ὑρνηθώ ἡ Τημένου θυγάτηρ. Ψεβώ χώρα ἐνδοτάτη Αἰθιοπίας, περὶ ἧς Ἀρισταγόρας ἐν Αἰγυπτιακοῖς τάδε γράφει »οὗτοι δή φασιν εἶναι χώραν ἀπέχουσαν Αἰθιοπίας ἡμερῶν πέντε καλουμένην Ψεβώ«. Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν ὀγδόῳ γεωγραφουμένων λίμνην εἶναί φησι. Ψενακώ κώμη τῆς Ἀθριβίτου νομοῦ, ὡς Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν ὀγδόῳ γεωγραφουμένων. Κυβώ, ἣ καὶ Κύβος, πόλις Ἰώνων ἐν Λιβύῃ Φοινίκων. Ἑκαταῖος π…

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