Δῆλος - Stephanos Ethnika

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Δῆλος, νῆσος μία τῶν Κυκλάδων. “Δῆλον ἐκυκλώσαντο καὶ οὔνομα Κυκλάδες εἰσίν”. ἢ παρὰ τὰς γονὰς [ἢ μαντείας]. ἱερὸν γὰρ Δῆλος τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος, τοῦ θεοῦ πρῶτον ἐν αὐτῇ γενομένου. ἢ διὰ τὰς μαντείας· δηλοῦσα γὰρ ἦν τὰ δυσεύρετα. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Κύνθος ἀπὸ Κύνθου τοῦ Ὠκεανοῦ, καὶ Ἀπόλλων Κύνθιος. καὶ Ἀστερία καὶ Πελασγία καὶ Χλαμυδία τινὲς δὲ ὅτι Ζάκυνθος ἐκαλεῖτο, κακῶς εἰδότες. κεκλῆσθαι δὲ αὐτὴν καὶ Σκυθίδα Νικάνωρ φησίν. ἐξ αὐτοῦ Δήλιος καὶ Δηλία καὶ Δηλιάς. καὶ Δηλίτης ὁ εἰς Δῆλον ἐρχόμενος χορός, Καλλίμαχος τρίτῳ. καὶ Δηλιακός τὸ κτητικόν.

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Text Details

Entry	#61
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 226.15 · Billerbeck Δ61
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count	87

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Νικάνωρ (Nikanor)	FHG III 633 F 11
Καλλίμαχος (Callimachus)	fr. 71 Pfeiffer

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δῆλος	Delos · place · corrected · Q1990066
Κυκλάδες	Cyclades · place · corrected · Q171132
Ἀπόλλων	Apollo · deity · corrected · Q37340
Κύνθος	Kynthos (Cynthus) · person
Ὠκεανός	Oceanus · deity · corrected · Q161419
Ἀστερία	Asteria · deity · corrected · Q1171909
Πελασγία	Pelasgia · place
Χλαμυδία	Chlamydia (name) · place
Ζάκυνθος	Zakynthos (Zante) · place · corrected · Q144880
Σκυθίδα	Scythida (Skytida) · place
Δήλιος	Delian · people
Δηλία	Delia (female Delian) · people
Δηλιάς	Delias · people
Δηλιαστὴς	Deliastes (Delian chorus) · people
Delos (Cyclades island)	place · island · Cyclades · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	“They encircled Delos, and their name is Kyklades (the encircled ones).”
Morphological Composition	“Or because of the oracles, for it revealed things that were hard to find.” (i.e., Δῆλος from δηλός 'clear/revealing')
Eponym Person	“It was called Kynthos from Kynthos (son) of Oceanus.”
Unclear Metalinguistic	“Also Asteria and Pelasgia and Chlamydia.” (alternate names mentioned without explanation)
Unclear Metalinguistic	“Some say that it was called Zakynthos, but they are mistaken/ill-informed.” (a disputed name-origin claim)
Unclear Metalinguistic	“Nikanor says it was also called Skythida.” (alternate name ascribed by an author)
Morphological Composition	“From it/ him: Delios and Delia and Delias.” (derivative personal/ethnic names formed from the place-name)
Morphological Composition	“Deliastes: the chorus coming to Delos.” (a derivative noun formed from Δῆλος)
Morphological Composition	“Deliakos: the possessive adjective.” (possessive adjective formed from Δῆλος)

Links

Place links	Delos \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_063.jpg
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.155

char LCS 80 (18.4%) · word LCS 17 (19.5%)

Stephanos

Δῆλος, νῆσος μία τῶν Κυκλάδων. “Δῆλον ἐκυκλώσαντο καὶ οὔνομα Κυκλάδες εἰσίν”. ἢ παρὰ τὰς γονὰς [ἢ μαντείας]. ἱερὸν γὰρ Δῆλος τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος, τοῦ θεοῦ πρῶτον ἐν αὐτῇ γενομένου. ἢ διὰ τὰς μαντείας· δηλοῦσα γὰρ ἦν τὰ δυσεύρετα. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Κύνθος ἀπὸ Κύνθου τοῦ Ὠκεανοῦ, καὶ Ἀπόλλων Κύνθιος. καὶ Ἀστερία καὶ Πελασγία καὶ Χλαμυδία τινὲς δὲ ὅτι Ζάκυνθος ἐκαλεῖτο, κακῶς εἰδότες. κεκλῆσθαι δὲ αὐτὴν καὶ Σκυθίδα Νικάνωρ φησίν. ἐξ αὐτο…

Herodian

…ι παρὰ τὸν οὐδὸν τοῦ Ὠκεανοῦ. Μῆλος δὲ καὶ Μηλαρία δύο πόλεις ἐπὶ τοῖς πέρασι, τὴν αὐτὴν ἔμφασιν ἔχουσιν ἀπὸ τῆς κλήσεως τῶν μήλων, ἃ χρύσεα λέγεται Ἡρακλῆς ἐκ τῆς Λιβύης ἀγηοχέναι. Δῆλος μία τῶν Κυκλάδων. ἢ παρὰ τὰς γονάς· ἱερὸν γὰρ Δῆλος τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος τοῦ θεοῦ πρῶτον ἐν αὐτῇ γενομένου. ἢ διὰ τὰς μαντείας· δηλοῦσα γὰρ τὰ δυσεύρετα. Σφῆλος ὄνομα κύριον. Τῆλος νῆσος τῶν Κυκλάδων ὁμοφώνως τῷ οἰκιστῇ. Ζῆλος πόλις τῶν ἑσπερίων Αἰθιόπων. Ἦλος κύριον. Ἔτι τὰ εἰς 'λος' δισύλλαβα προσηγορικὰ ἢ ἐπιθετικὰ τῷ 'η' παραληγόμενα, εἰ ἔχοι ἄφωνον πρὸ…