Φάκουσα - Stephanos Ethnika

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Φάκουσα, κώμη μεταξὺ Αἰγύπτου καὶ τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης. Στράβων ιζʹ. Ἑκαταῖος δὲ Φακόεσσαι καὶ Φακοέσσαις φησί. καὶ Φάκουσαι νῆσοι καὶ Φάκαιοι· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Φακούσιος.

Phakousa: a village between Egypt and the Red Sea. Strabo, book 17. Hekataios says 'Phakoessai' and 'Phakoessais'. There are also the 'Phakousai' islands and 'Phakaioi'; the ethnonym is 'Phakousios'.

Text Details

Entry	#8
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 655.1
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-14
Word count	25
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)	17.1.26 (C 805,5)
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	FGrHist 1 F 303

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Φακοῦσσα	Phakoussa · place
Αἴγυπτος	Egypt · place
Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα	Red Sea · place
Φακοῦσσα	Phakoussai · place
Φακοῦσσα	Phakoussai · place
Φακοῦσσα	Phakoussai · place
Φάκαιοι	Phakaioi · place
Φακούσσιος	Phakoussian · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Phakoussa: a village situated between Egypt and the Red Sea.
Unclear Metalinguistic	Hecataeus says ‘Phakoussai’ and ‘Phakoussais’; there are also the islands called ‘Phakoussai’ and ‘Phakaioi’; the ethnic name is ‘Phakoussios’.

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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	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
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἔθνος τό gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8	people Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	κώμη ἡ gloss:e14972622087326b	village Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES 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 1.269

char LCS 117 (86.7%) · word LCS 21 (87.5%)

Stephanos

Φάκουσα, κώμη μεταξὺ Αἰγύπτου καὶ τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης. Στράβων ιζʹ. Ἑκαταῖος δὲ Φακόεσσαι καὶ Φακοέσσαις φησί. καὶ Φάκουσαι νῆσοι καὶ Φάκαιοι· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Φακούσιος.

Herodian

…αῖς. Μελίτουσα πόλις Ἰλλυρίας. Πολύβιος τρισκαιδεκάτῳ. Μήλουσα νῆσος κατὰ Ἴβηρας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Τέλφουσα πόλις Ἀρκαδίας ἀπὸ νύμφης λεγομένης Τελφούσης, θυγατρὸς Λάδωνος. Τεύτλουσα νῆσος Ἰωνίας. Θουκυδίδης ηʹ (c. 42). Φάκουσα κώμη μεταξὺ Αἰγύπτου καὶ τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης. Στράβων ιζʹ. Ἑκαταῖος δὲ Φακόεσσαι καὶ Φακοέσσαις φησί. καὶ Φάκουσαι νῆσοι καὶ Φάκαιοι. Δάφνουσα. οὕτως Δαφνοῦντα πόλιν Φωκικήν φησιν Εὐφορίων. Βάρχουσα πόλις μικρὰ Φοινίκης. Αἴγουσα νῆσος Λιβύης, κατὰ Λίβυας λεγομένη Κατρία.