Φαρκηδών

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Φαρκηδών, πόλις Θεσσαλίας. Θεόπομπος δὲ θʹ Φιλιππικῶν Φαρκαδόνα διὰ τοῦ « α » φησίν. ὁ πολίτης Φαρκηδόνιος ὡς Χαλκηδόνιος. καὶ Φαρκηδονίς καὶ Φαρκηνίς.

Pharkedon: a city in Thessaly. Theopompos, in book 9 of his Philippika, gives ‘Pharkadona’ with α. A citizen is a ‘Pharkedonios’ (as in ‘Chalkedonios’). Also ‘Pharkedonis’ and ‘Pharkenis’.

Text Details

Entry#32
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 658.19
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-15
Word count22
AI translationgpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Θεόπομπος (Theopompus)Philippica · FGrHist 115 F 82
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΦαρκηδώνPharkēdōn · place
ΘεσσαλίαThessaly · place
ΦαρκανώνPharkanōn · place
ΧαλκηδώνChalcedon · place
Φαρκηδώνplace · explicit · wikidata: Q16566331 · seeded_headword_alignment
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear MetalinguisticTheopompus, in the ninth book of the Philippica, says [the name is] Pharkadona, with alpha instead.
Unclear MetalinguisticThe demonym is Pharkēdonius, like Chalkēdonius; and the feminine form is Pharkēdonis (also Pharkēnis).

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
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 (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON)
formula:4e7b910409d678a8
Translate as "'X' is from Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
Formulaὁ 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
Formulaτὸ 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
Formulaὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:bcd70ae781e7b205
Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
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
Glossπολίτης ὁ
gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb
citizen
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		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 1.26
char LCS 33 (27.3%) · word LCS 6 (28.6%)
Stephanos
Φαρκηδών, πόλις Θεσσαλίας. Θεόπομπος δὲ θʹ Φιλιππικῶν Φαρκαδόνα διὰ τοῦ « α » φησίν. ὁ πολίτης Φαρκηδόνιος ὡς Χαλκηδόνιος. καὶ Φαρκηδονίς καὶ Φαρκηνίς.
Herodian
…κτιστῇ, σηπεδών τηκεδών καὶ τὰ λοιπά. τὰ δὲ σύνθετα βαρύνεται Λαομέδων, Αὐτομέδων, Εὐρυμέδων ποταμὸς Παμφυλίας καὶ τόπος πρὸς Ταρσόν. * Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ηδων' ἀρσενικὰ καὶ θηλυκὰ ὑπερδισύλλαβα διὰ τοῦ 'ο' κλινόμενα ὀξύνεται, Φαρκηδών πόλις Θεσσαλίας. Θεόπομπος δὲ δʹ Φιλιππικῶν Φαρκαδόνα διὰ τοῦ 'α' φησίν. Τερηδών πόλις ἐπὶ τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ. Καρχηδών μητρόπολις Λιβύης ἀπὸ Καρχηδόνος Φοίνικος. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Καρχηδών πόλις Ἰβηρίας. Χαλκηδών πόλις Βιθυνίας ἡ πρὸς τῷ στόματι τοῦ Πόντου κατα…

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