Φαιστός - Stephanos Ethnika

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Φαιστός, πόλις Κρήτης, ὀξυτόνως. τὸ γὰρ βαρύτονον κύριον. ἐκτίσθη ὑπὸ Φαίστου τοῦ Ῥοπάλου, Ἡρακλέους παιδός. ὁ πολίτης Φαίστιος καὶ Φαιστία καὶ Φαίστιον καὶ Φαιστιάς. ἔστι τῆς Φαιστιάδος καὶ ὁ καλούμενος Λισσής. Ὅμηρος “ἔστι δέ τις Λισσὴς αἰπεῖά τε εἰς ἅλα πέτρη. ἔστι καὶ Ἀχαΐας, ὡς Ῥιανὸς ἐν Ἀχαϊκῶν τρίτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμοίως Φαίστιος. ἔστι καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Φαιστῖνος Φαιστίνιος. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Φαιστός Πελοποννήσου ἡ πρότερον Φρίξα καλουμένη.

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Text Details

Entry	#6
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 654.17
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-14
Word count	69

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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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (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
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS 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 · 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	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	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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.217

char LCS 53 (14.9%) · word LCS 9 (13.2%)

Stephanos

… Φαιστιάς. ἔστι τῆς Φαιστιάδος καὶ ὁ καλούμενος Λισσής. Ὅμηρος “ἔστι δέ τις Λισσὴς αἰπεῖά τε εἰς ἅλα πέτρη. ἔστι καὶ Ἀχαΐας, ὡς Ῥιανὸς ἐν Ἀχαϊκῶν τρίτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμοίως Φαίστιος. ἔστι καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Φαιστῖνος Φαιστίνιος. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Φαιστός Πελοποννήσου ἡ πρότερον Φρίξα καλουμένη.

Herodian

…» φασιν. παστός, μαστός, ξυστός. Κραστός πόλις Σικελίας τῶν Σικανῶν. Φίλιστος Σικελικῶν τρισκαιδεκάτῳ. Γραστός παῖς Μυγδόνος, ἀφ´ οὗ Γρηστωνία χώρα Θρᾴκης. Φαιστός πόλις Κρήτης «ἐς Φαιστόν, μικρὸς δὲ λίθος» (Od. γ 296). ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Φαιστός Πελοποννήσου ἡ πρότερον Φρίξα καλουμένη. τὸ δὲ Φαῖστος ἐπὶ τοῦ ἥρωος βαρύνεται «Ἰδομενεὺς δ´ ἄρα Φαῖστον» (Il. Ε 43). σεσημείωται τὸ Δύστος πόλις Εὐβοίας. Θεόπομπος ἐν Φιλιππικῶν κδʹ «ἀποστήσας δὲ τοὺς ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ περιοικίδι τῶν Ἐρετριέων ἐστράτευσεν ἐπὶ πόλιν…