Δελφοί - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #48
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 224.20 | Billerbeck: Δ48
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count: 65
Sources: Ἀνδροτίων (Androtion) FGrHist 324 F 7 [Ἀτθίς]
Entities: Δελφοί (Delphi) [place], Παρνασσός (Parnassus) [place], Φωκίς (Phocis) [place], Πεντέλη (Penteli (Pentelic)) [place], Ἀγαμήδης (Agamedes) [person], Τροφώνιος (Trophonius) [person], Δελφοῦσσα (Delphoussa (spring)) [place], Δελφίς (Delphis (feminine form)) [other], Ἀπόλλων (Apollo) [deity], Δελφουσία (Delphousia) [place], Ἀρκαδία (Arcadia) [place], Δελφουσιάτης (Delphousiate (ethnic)) [people]
Etymologies: Folk Etymology Narrative: They were called the Delphoi because Apollo sailed (arrived) having been pictured in the form of a dolphin; and Apollo established the sanctuary.
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Δελφοί, πόλις ἐπὶ τοῦ Παρνασσοῦ πρὸς τῇ Φωκίδι, ἔνθα τὸ ἄδυτον ἐκ Πεντελησίων κατεσκεύασται λίθων, ἔργον Ἀγαμήδους καὶ Τροφωνίου. ἔστι καὶ Δελφοῦσσα τοῦ τόπου κρήνη. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμωνύμως τῇ πόλει. τὸ θηλυκὸν Δελφίς. καὶ κτητικὸν Δελφικός. ἐκλήθησαν δὲ Δελφοί ὅτι Ἀπόλλων συνέπλευσε δελφῖνι εἰκασθείς· καὶ ἵδρυται Ἀπόλλωνι ἱερόν. ἔστι καὶ Δελφουσία πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ὡς Ἀνδροτίων ἐν βʹ Ἀτθίδος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δελφουσιάτης τῷ τύπῳ τῆς χώρας.

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char LCS 53 (14.9%) · word LCS 8 (12.3%)

Stephanos

…τοῦ Παρνασσοῦ πρὸς τῇ Φωκίδι, ἔνθα τὸ ἄδυτον ἐκ Πεντελησίων κατεσκεύασται λίθων, ἔργον Ἀγαμήδους καὶ Τροφωνίου. ἔστι καὶ Δελφοῦσσα τοῦ τόπου κρήνη. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμωνύμως τῇ πόλει. τὸ θηλυκὸν Δελφίς. καὶ κτητικὸν Δελφικός. ἐκλήθησαν δὲ Δελφοί ὅτι Ἀπόλλων συνέπλευσε δελφῖνι εἰκασθείς· καὶ ἵδρυται Ἀπόλλωνι ἱερόν. ἔστι καὶ Δελφουσία πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ὡς Ἀνδροτίων ἐν βʹ Ἀτθίδος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δελφουσιάτης τῷ τύπῳ τῆς χώρας.

Herodian

…ε δύω καὶ εἴκοσι νῆας» (Il. Β 748)— βραχὺ ἔχον τὸ 'υ' παροξύνεται. τὸ δὲ ἀλφός τὸ σωματικὸν πάθος καὶ πολφός ὄψον τι ἔχουσι τὸ 'λ' ὡς καὶ τὸ Δελφοί πόλις ἐπὶ τοῦ Παρνασσοῦ πρὸς τῇ Φωκίδι καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμοφώνως τῇ πόλει—ἐκλήθησαν δὲ Δελφοί, ὅτι Ἀπόλλων συνέπλευσε δελφῖνι εἰκασθείς. τὰ δὲ ἐπίθετα ὀξύνεται, σοφός, κυφός, κωφός, οἷς ἠκολούθησε καὶ τὸ τροφός. τὸ δὲ κοῦφος προπερισπᾶται. Τὰ εἰς 'φος' ὑπερδισύλλαβα ἁπλᾶ μὴ δηλοῦντα ἐνέργειαν προπαροξύνεται, κρόταφος, ἔλαφος, σκίραφος, ὃ σημαίνει τὸν ἀκ…