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.

Phaistos: a city in Crete, with oxytone accentuation; for the barytone form is a proper name. It was founded by Phaistos, son of Rhopalos, son of Herakles. A citizen is a 'Phaistios', also 'Phaistia' and 'Phaistion' and 'Phaistias'. Also in Phaistias is the so-called Lisses. Homer: 'There is a certain Lisses, a steep rock towards the sea.' There is also one in Achaia, as per Rhianos, in book 3 of his Achaika. The ethnonym is likewise 'Phaistios'. There is also 'Phaistinios' from 'Phaistinos'. There is also another Phaistos in the Peloponnese, the one formerly called Phrixa.

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
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ὅμηρος (Homer)	(γ 293)
Ῥιανός (Rhi(an)us)	Ἀχαϊκά · FGrHist 265 F 4 = fr. 14 Powell
Ἀχαϊκά (Achaica)	Achaica · FGrHist 265 F 4 = fr. 14 Powell

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Φαιστός	Phaistos (Crete) · place
Κρήτη	Crete · place
Φαιστός	Phaistos (the founder) · person
Ῥόπαλος	Rhopalus · person
Ἡρακλῆς	Heracles · person
Φαίστιος	Phaistian · people
Φαιστία	Phaistian woman · people
Φαίστιος	Phaistian · people
Φαιστιάς	Phaistian woman · people
Φαιστιάς	Phaistian territory/region · place
Λισσή	Lissus · place
Λισσή	Lissus · place
Ἀχαΐα	Achaea · place
Φαίστιος	Phaistian · people
Φαιστῖνος	Phaistinus · person
Φαιστίνιος	Phaistinian · people
Φαιστός	Phaistos (Peloponnese) · place
Πελοπόννησος	Peloponnese · place
Φρίξα	Phrixa · place
Phaistos in Crete	place · city · Crete · explicit · wikidata: Q249707 · candidate
Phaistos in Achaia	place · city · Achaia · implicit · unresolved
Phaistos in the Peloponnese (formerly Phrixa)	place · city · Peloponnese · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	It was founded by Phaestus, son of Rhopalus, the son of Heracles.
Place Transfer	There is also another Phaestus in the Peloponnese, formerly called Phrixa.
Unclear Metalinguistic	Phaestus: a city of Crete, pronounced with an acute accent; the form with a grave accent is a proper name.

Links

Place links	Phaistos \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium 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	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 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	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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:f22af8012162d222	*Translate as 'as per X, in book Y of his Z'* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	γένος τό gloss:c746b76469e4485d	descent Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL 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	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἔκτασις ἡ gloss:d629af1a353df660	lengthening (of a vowel) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	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	κύριον τό gloss:80561c77c14cdb57	personal name (AI), literal meaning, proper name (as in τ' ὄνομα κύριον) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC Rule status: In progress	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…