Δελφοί - Stephanos Ethnika

Δελφοί OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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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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Text Details

Entry	#48
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 224.20
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count	65

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἀνδροτίων (Androtion)	Ἀτθίς · FGrHist 324 F 7

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δελφοί	Delphi · place
Παρνασσός	Parnassus · place · corrected · Q105261
Φωκίς	Phocis · place · corrected · Q2637650
Πεντέλη	Penteli (Pentelic) · place
Ἀγαμήδης	Agamedes · person
Τροφώνιος	Trophonius · person
Δελφοῦσσα	Delphoussa (spring) · place
Δελφίς	Delphis (feminine form) · other
Ἀπόλλων	Apollo · deity · corrected · Q37340
Δελφουσία	Delphousia · place
Ἀρκαδία	Arcadia · place · corrected · Q12898802
Δελφουσιάτης	Delphousiate (ethnic) · people
Delphoi in Phocis	place · city · Phocis, on Mount Parnassus · explicit · unresolved
Delphousia in Arcadia	place · city · Arcadia · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
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.

Links

Place links	Delphi \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_057.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his Y"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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 · 2 occurrences
Formula	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	Χ (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:c22408ee90fd1a1e	*Translate as "X, in book Y of his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	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 1.225

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…