Φάλανθος

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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mountain
Φάλανθος, ὄρος καὶ πόλις Ἀρκαδίας. Παυσανίας ὀγδόῳ. ἀπὸ Φαλάνθου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Φαλάνθιος, ὡς Ἀκάνθιος Ὀλύνθιος.

Phalanthos: a mountain and city in Arkadia. Pausanias, book 8. Named after Phalanthos. The ethnonym is 'Phalanthios', as in 'Akanthios', 'Olynthios'.

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Text Details

Entry#11
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 655.14
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-14
Word count15
AI translationgpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Παυσανίας (Pausanias)η̄ (8,35,9s.)
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΦάλανθοςPhalanthus · place
ἈρκαδίαArcadia · place
ΦάλανθοςPhalanthus · place
ΦαλάνθιοςPhalanthian · people
ἈκάνθιοςAcanthian · people
ὈλύνθιοςOlynthian · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Person[The place-name is] from Phalanthus; i.e., it is derived from or named after Phalanthus.
Morphological CompositionThe ethnic name is Phalanthios, formed in the same way as Akanthios and Olynthios.

Links

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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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:439629f16cfaba3f
Translate as "Y is from 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON)
formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d
Translate as "X... after Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 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
Formulaὡς + 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
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
Glossὄρος ὁ
gloss:184051ff413f789d
mountain, mount (X ὄρος = 'Mount X')
Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.146
char LCS 53 (59.6%) · word LCS 9 (60.0%)
Stephanos
Φάλανθος, ὄρος καὶ πόλις Ἀρκαδίας. Παυσανίας ὀγδόῳ. ἀπὸ Φαλάνθου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Φαλάνθιος, ὡς Ἀκάνθιος Ὀλύνθιος.
Herodian
…ν ἢ Ἐρύμανθον» (Od. ζ 103). Ἄκανθος πόλις Θρᾴκης ἀκάνθαις πεφραγμένη, ὅθεν κέκληται, ἢ ἀπό τινος Ἀκάνθου, ὡς Μνασέας. βʹ. ἔστι καὶ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ Ἄκανθος. γʹ. ἄλλη ἐν τῇ χερρονήσῳ περὶ τὴν Κνιδίαν. δʹ. ἔστι καὶ ἡ Ἀθαμανίας. Φάλανθος ὄρος καὶ πόλις Ἀρκαδίας. Παυσανίας ὀγδόῳ (c. 35, 9) ἀπὸ Φαλάνθου. Πύρανθος πόλις μικρὰ ἢ κώμη Κρήτης περὶ Γόρτυνα. Ψίναφθος Αἰγύπτου πολίχνιον ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν Αἰγυπτιακῶν δευτέρῳ. Μέλανθος, Λαβύρινθος, Ὑάκυνθος, Λέβινθος, Προβάλινθος

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