Φεραί - Stephanos Ethnika

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Φεραί, πόλις Θεσσαλίας “οἵ τε Φερὰς ἐνέμοντο παραὶ Βοιβηίδα λίμνην”. ἀπὸ Φέρητος τοῦ Κρηθέως ἢ Φερᾶς τῆς Αἰόλου θυγατρός. ὁ πολίτης Φεραῖος καὶ Φεραία. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλαι Φεραὶ ἀρχαῖαι τῶν νῦν Φερῶν ἀπέχουσαι στάδια ὀκτώ. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλαι Ἰαπυγίας καὶ Αἰτωλίας καὶ Παρθυαίων. ἔστι καὶ διὰ τοῦ « η » “Φηράς τε ζαθέας ἠδ´ Ἄνθειαν βαθύλειμον”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Φηραῖος.

Pherai: a city in Thessaly: ‘those who dwelt in Pherai beside Lake Boibeis’. It was named after Pheres, son of Kretheus, or Phera, daughter of Aiolos. A citizen is a ‘Pheraios’ or ‘Pheraia’. There is also another, ancient Pherai, eight stades from the present-day Pherai. There are others in Iapygia and Aitolia, and among the Parthyaioi. There is also a form written with η: ‘sacred Φηράς and Antheia with deep meadows’. The ethnonym is ‘Φηραῖος’.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#51
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 662.12
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-15
Word count	58
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Β 711 (Iliad, Book 2, line 711)	Iliad · (Β 711)
I 151 (Iliad, Book 9, line 151)	Iliad · (I 151 et 293)
293 (Iliad, line 293)	Iliad · (I 151 et 293)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Φεραί	Pherae · place
Θεσσαλία	Thessaly · place
Φεραί	Pherae · place
Βοιβηΐς	Lake Boebe · place
Φέρης	Pheres · person
Κρηθεύς	Cretheus · person
Φέρας	Pheras · person
Αἴολος	Aeolus · person
Φεραί	Pherae · place
Ἰαπυγία	Iapygia · place
Αἰτωλία	Aetolia · place
Παρθυαῖοι	Parthyaeans · people
Φεραί	Pherae · place
Ἄνθεια	Antheia · place
Pherai in Thessaly	place · city · Thessaly · explicit · wikidata: Q1330631 · candidate
Ancient Pherai near present-day Pherai	place · city · Near the present-day Pherai in Thessaly · implicit · unresolved
Pherai in Iapygia	place · city · Iapygia · implicit · unresolved
Pherai in Aitolia	place · city · Aitolia · implicit · unresolved
Pherai among the Parthyaioi	place · city · Parthyaioi · implicit · unresolved
Pherai written with eta	place · city · Unspecified · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	[The name is] from Pheres, son of Cretheus, or from Phera, daughter of Aeolus.
Place Transfer	There are also other ancient Pherae, located eight stades away from the present-day Pherae.
Unclear Metalinguistic	There are also other [places called Pherae] in Iapygia, Aetolia, and among the Parthyaeans.
Unclear Metalinguistic	The name also occurs with eta (η), as in: ‘very sacred Pherae and deep-soiled Antheia.’

Links

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... 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) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 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	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	στάδιον τό gloss:aad73f9bb28e8557	stadion, stade Domain: MEASUREMENT & SPACE 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 1.260

char LCS 97 (34.5%) · word LCS 19 (33.3%)

Stephanos

Φεραί, πόλις Θεσσαλίας “οἵ τε Φερὰς ἐνέμοντο παραὶ Βοιβηίδα λίμνην”. ἀπὸ Φέρητος τοῦ Κρηθέως ἢ Φερᾶς τῆς Αἰόλου θυγατρός. ὁ πολίτης Φεραῖος καὶ Φεραία. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλαι Φεραὶ ἀρχαῖαι τῶν νῦν Φερῶν ἀπέχουσαι στάδια ὀκτώ. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλαι Ἰαπυγίας καὶ Αἰτωλίας καὶ Παρθυαίων. ἔστι καὶ διὰ τοῦ « η » “Φηράς τε ζαθέας ἠδ´ Ἄνθειαν βαθύλειμον”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Φηραῖος.

Herodian

πόλις Θεσσαλίας ὀξύνεται »οἵ τε Φερὰς ἐνέμοντο παραὶ Βοιβηΐδα λίμνην« (Β 711). ἀπὸ Φέρητος τοῦ Κρηθέως ἢ Φερᾶς τῆς Αἰόλου θυγατρός. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλαι Φεραί ἀρχαῖαι τῶν νῦν Φερῶν ἀπέχουσαι στάδια ὀκτώ. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλαι Ἰαπυγίας καὶ Αἰτωλίας καὶ Παρθυαίων. Τὰ εἰς 'ρα' μακροκατάληκτα τρισύλλαβα παραληγόμενα τῷ 'ε' μονογενῆ βαρύνεται, εἰ μὴ ἐπιθετικὰ εἴη, ἡμέρα, ἀσκέρα εἶδος ὑποδήματος, διφθέρα, λακέρα, χολέρα, ἑσπέρα, ὑπέρα, ἀλέρα, Τερμέρα Ὠγύγου μήτηρ, κυσέρα, Θεσκέρα ἡ …

Herodian 1.259

char LCS 32 (11.4%) · word LCS 6 (10.5%)

Stephanos

…έρητος τοῦ Κρηθέως ἢ Φερᾶς τῆς Αἰόλου θυγατρός. ὁ πολίτης Φεραῖος καὶ Φεραία. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλαι Φεραὶ ἀρχαῖαι τῶν νῦν Φερῶν ἀπέχουσαι στάδια ὀκτώ. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλαι Ἰαπυγίας καὶ Αἰτωλίας καὶ Παρθυαίων. ἔστι καὶ διὰ τοῦ « η » “Φηράς τε ζαθέας ἠδ´ Ἄνθειαν βαθύλειμον”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Φηραῖος.

Herodian

ἔστι καὶ Ῥόδου πόλις ταπεινή. καὶ Καρίας ἄλλη. καὶ Σογδιανῆς ἄλλη. χήρα. πλὴν τοῦ 'φ' διὰ τὸ Φηρά »Φηράς τε ζαθέας ἠδ´ Ἄνθειαν βαθύλειμον« (Il. Ι 151) τὰ δὲ ἀπὸ φωνήεντος ἀρχόμενα παροξύνεται, Ἥρα, ὥρα, ὀπώρα. Τὰ εἰς 'ρα' δισύλλαβα συνεσταλμένον ἔχοντα τὸ 'α' βαρύνεται, σφαῖρα, μοῖρα, πεῖρα, σφῦρα. Βοῦρα πόλις Ἀχαΐας ἀπὸ Βούρας θυγατρὸς Ἴωνος τοῦ Ξούθου κ…