Δῆλος

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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 textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 226.15
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count87

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Νικάνωρ (Nikanor)FHG III 633 F 11
Καλλίμαχος (Callimachus)fr. 71 Pfeiffer
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΔῆλοςDelos · place · corrected · Q1990066
ΚυκλάδεςCyclades · place · corrected · Q171132
ἈπόλλωνApollo · deity · corrected · Q37340
ΚύνθοςKynthos (Cynthus) · person
ὨκεανόςOceanus · deity · corrected · Q161419
ἈστερίαAsteria · deity · corrected · Q1171909
ΠελασγίαPelasgia · place
ΧλαμυδίαChlamydia (name) · place
ΖάκυνθοςZakynthos (Zante) · place · corrected · Q144880
ΣκυθίδαScythida (Skytida) · place
ΔήλιοςDelian · people
ΔηλίαDelia (female Delian) · people
ΔηλιάςDelias · people
ΔηλιαστὴςDeliastes (Delian chorus) · people
Delos (Cyclades island)place · island · Cyclades · explicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
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)

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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 DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON)
formula:4e7b910409d678a8
Translate as "'X' is from Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN)
formula:276bf314e3ad9973
Translate as "X, X"
Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON)
formula:8856d9e4780f3c74
Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON)
formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d
Translate as "X... after Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaY (EPITHET) + X (DEITY)
formula:e59d8efd6da15c82
Translate as "X Y"
Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaἐκάλειτο X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + κέκληται Y (nominative PROPER NOUN)
formula:87081a030c90e724
Translate the first clause "it used to be called X...' and the second clause "... it is now called Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossκαλεῖται/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 · 3 occurrences
Glossκτητικόν τό
gloss:80c7f336a009c2c3
possessive
Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC		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 1.155
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…

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