Δέρα

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Δέρα, τόπος Λακωνικῆς. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δεραῖος ἢ Δερεάτης, ἀφ´ οὗ Δερεάτιδος Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερόν. καὶ τὸν δῆμον δὲ Δειράδας, φασὶ καὶ τοὺς δημότας Δειραδιώτας, ἀπό τινος ἥρωος.

Déra: a place in Laconia. The ethnic is Deraîos or Dereátēs, from which comes the sanctuary of Artemis Dereátis. They also say that the dêmos is called Deirádes, and its inhabitants Deiradiôtai, after some hero.

Text Details

Entry#53
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 225.16 · Billerbeck Δ53
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count26
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΔέραDera · place
Λακωνική (Λακωνία)Laconia · place
ΔεραῖοςDeraean (ethnic/demonym of Dera) · people
ΔερεάτηςDereates (alternate demonym of Dera) · people
ἌρτεμιςArtemis · deity
ΔειράδαDeirada (deme/place) · place
ΔειραδιώτηςDeiradiotes (inhabitants of Deirada) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonThe ethnic name Deraîos or Dereátis — derived from (i.e. from) the temple/epithet of Artemis Dereatis.
Eponym PersonAnd they say the deme is Deiradas and the demesmen Deiradiōtas — from some (unnamed) hero.

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Herodian overlaps

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC