Ψησσοί - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ψησσοί, ἔθνος τῆς Ταυρινίας. Ἀπολλόδωρος ἐν δευτέρῳ περὶ γῆς “ἔπειτα δ´ Ἑρμώνασσα καὶ Κῆπος [πόλις], τρίτον δὲ τὸ Ψησσῶν ἔθνος”.

Psessoi: a people of Taurinia. Apollodoros, in book 2 of his On the Earth: 'and then Hermonassa and Kepos [a city], and third the people of the Psessoi'.

Text Details

Entry	#8
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 701.19
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-13
Word count	20
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἀπολλόδωρος (Apollodorus)	Περὶ γῆς (On the Earth) · FGrHist 244 F 318 = fr. 9 Marcotte

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ψησσοί	Pessoi (a people/ethnic group) · people
Ταυρίνη	Taurinia · place
Ἑρμώνασσα	Hermonassa · place
Κῆπος	Cepe (a city) · place
Ψησσοί	Pessoi (of the Pessoi) · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	“Pyssoi: a people of Taurinia. ... Then Hermonassa and Kepos, a city; and [†tyri†] the people of the Pyssians.” The passage identifies the Pyssians and locates them in Taurinia, but does not explain the origin or formation of the name Ψησσοί.

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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 · 2 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 · 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	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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
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 · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.208

char LCS 94 (94.0%) · word LCS 19 (95.0%)

Stephanos

Ψησσοί, ἔθνος τῆς Ταυρινίας. Ἀπολλόδωρος ἐν δευτέρῳ περὶ γῆς “ἔπειτα δ´ Ἑρμώνασσα καὶ Κῆπος [πόλις], τρίτον δὲ τὸ Ψησσῶν ἔθνος”.

Herodian

…Μιτυληναίων ἄποικον ἐν τῇ Μυσίᾳ φησὶν Ἀσσόν, ὅπου ὁ σαρκοφάγος γίνεται λίθος. ἔστι καὶ λειμὼν ἐν τῷ Κιλβιανῷ πεδίῳ τῆς Λυδίας περὶ τὸν Κάϋστρον ποταμόν. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα πόλις ἐν Ἠπείρῳ μικρά. Ἠσσός πόλις Λοκρίδος. Ψησσός ἔθνος τῆς Ταυρινίας. Ἀπολλόδωρος ἐν δευτέρῳ περὶ γῆς «ἔπειτα δ´ Ἑρμώνασσα καὶ Κῆπος πόλις, τρίτον δὲ τὸ Ψησσῶν ἔθνος». Τνυσσός πόλις Καρίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Βυσσός τὸ ἐθνικὸν καὶ ἡ νῆσος καὶ βυσσός ὁ βυθός, πεσσός. Ἰσσός πόλις μεταξὺ Συρίας καὶ Κιλικίας. δισσός, τρισσός, λισσός, κισσός. τὸ δὲ Κίσσος τὸ κύριον βαρύνεται. ὡσαύτως καὶ τὸ …