Φεά - Stephanos Ethnika

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city

Φεά, πόλις τῆς Ἠλείας. Ὅμηρος διὰ τοῦ « ι » “Φιᾶς πὰρ τείχεσσι”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Φεαῖος.

Phea: a city in Eleia. Homer spells it with ι: ‘by the walls of Phia’. The ethnonym is ‘Pheaios’.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#45
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 661.11
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-15
Word count	15
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ὅμηρος (Homer)	Iliad · Η 135

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Φεά	Pheia · place
Ἠλεία	Elis · place
Φεά	place · explicit · wikidata: Q3563531 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Phea: a city of Elis. Homer (Iliad 7.135) spells it with iota: “beside the walls of Pheia.” The ethnic name is Phaios. This passage discusses the spelling and associated ethnic form, but does not explain the origin of the place-name.

Links

Place links	Pheia \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	../graphic/page_026_00a.png
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (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
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + παρά + τό + Y (ETYMON) formula:e1b19e84652cc7be	Translate as "X is deriving/derives from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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 · 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
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	τεῖχος τό gloss:e184afb0551538f4	wall, fortification, barrier 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.

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.