Δήλιον

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Δήλιον, πολίχνιον Βοιωτίας ἐν τῇ Τανάγρᾳ καὶ ἱερὸν Ἀπόλλωνος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δηλιεύς ὡς Σουνιεύς.

Delion: a small town of Boiotia in the territory of Tanagra, and a sanctuary of Apollo. The ethnonym Delieus as 'Sounieus'.

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

Text Details

Entry#60
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 226.13
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count14

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΔήλιονDelion · place · corrected · Q1184284
ΒοιωτίαBoeotia · place · corrected · Q187570
ΤανάγραTanagra · place · corrected · Q56259452
ἈπόλλωνApollo · deity · corrected · Q37340
ΔηλιεύςDelieus (inhabitant of Delion) · people
ΣουνιεύςSounieus (ethnic name) · people
Δήλιονplace · explicit · wikidata: Q1184284 · seeded_headword_alignment
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological CompositionThe ethnicon (demonym) 'Dēlieus' (Δηλιεύς) [is formed] like 'Sounieus' (Σουνιεύς).

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH)
formula:1bb0974b95264dde
Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE)
formula:0a6d211492d74a05
Translate as "a X of the Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (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
Formulaτὸ 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
Formulaὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME)
formula:d915b1886270056c
Translate as "as per X"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:7163e35f4bd326d9
Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.359
char LCS 51 (66.2%) · word LCS 9 (64.3%)
Stephanos
Δήλιον, πολίχνιον Βοιωτίας ἐν τῇ Τανάγρᾳ καὶ ἱερὸν Ἀπόλλωνος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δηλιεύς ὡς Σουνιεύς.
Herodian
…Κάσιον ὄρος καὶ πόλις Αἰγύπτου πρὸς τῷ Πηλουσίῳ. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς Κυκλάδος νήσου ἢ ἀπὸ Κάσου τοῦ Κλεόχου, ἀφ´ οὗ καὶ Κασίου Διὸς ἱερόν. Θύριον πόλις Ἀκαρνανίας. Μάριον πόλις Κύπρου ἡ μετονομασθεῖσα Ἀρσινόη ἀπὸ Μαριέως. Δήλιον πολίχνιον Βοιωτίας ἐν τῇ Τανάγρᾳ καὶ ἱερὸν Ἀπόλλωνος. Δαύνιον πόλις Ἰταλίας. Δάλμιον πόλις Δαλματίας. Γράμμιον πόλις ἐν Κρήτῃ. Γόλγιον πόλις Κύπρου, ἣ καὶ Γολγοί. Ἤπιον πόλις Τριφυλίας. Βρύλλιον πόλις ἐν τῇ Προποντίδι, Ἔφορος δὲ ἐν τῷ εʹ Κίον αὐτήν φησιν εἶναι. Βρύγιον πό…

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