Δημητριάς - Stephanos Ethnika

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Δημητριάς, πόλις Θεσσαλίας, ἀπὸ Δημητρίου βασιλεύσαντος, [ὃς] καὶ τὰς ὑπὸ τὸ Πήλιον κειμένας πόλεις κατέσκαψε. κεῖται δὲ πρὸς τῷ Παγασιτικῷ κόλπῳ [ἐν μέσῳ Εὐβοίας καὶ τῆς Φωκίδος]. βʹ Μακεδονίας. γʹ Περσίδος πρὸς Ἀρβήλῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δημητριεύς, ὡς τὸ Ἀφροδισιεύς Ὀρθωσιεύς.

Demetrias: a city of Thessaly, from Demetrios who reigned, also razed the cities lying under Pelion. It lies on the Pagasitic gulf. Second of Macedonia. Third of Persis near Arbela. The ethnonym Demetrieus, as 'Aphrodisieus' 'Orthosieus'.

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	#62
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 227.6
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count	40

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δημητριάς	Demetrias (Demetria/Demetrias) · place · corrected · Q59734
Θεσσαλία	Thessaly · place · corrected · Q1247568
Δημήτριος	Demetrius · person
Πήλιον	Pelion (mountain) · place · corrected · Q1334825
Παγασητικός κόλπος	Pagasetic Gulf · place
Εὔβοια	Euboea · place · corrected · Q173096
Φωκίς	Phocis · place · corrected · Q2637650
Μακεδονία	Macedonia · place · corrected · Q81734
Περσίς/Περσία	Persis (Persia) · place
Ἄρβηλα	Arbela (Erbil) · place
Δημητριεύς	(demonym) Demetrian, inhabitant of Demetrias · people
Ἀφροδισιεὺς	(demonym) Aphrodisieus (inhabitant of Aphrodisias or similar) · people
Ὀρθωσιεύς	(demonym) Orthosieus (inhabitant of Orthosia or similar) · people
Demetrias in Thessaly	place · city · Thessaly · explicit · unresolved
Demetrias in Macedonia	place · city · Macedonia · explicit · unresolved
Demetrias in Persis	place · city · Persis · explicit · unresolved
Pelion settlements	place · cities · Thessaly (under Pelion) · implicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	From Demetrius who reigned (i.e. named after the king Demetrius).
Morphological Composition	The ethnicon (demonym) is Δημητριεύς, formed like Ἀφροδισιεὺς and Ὀρθωσιεὺς (i.e. a morphological formation).

Links

Place links	Demetrias \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_065.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (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
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (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
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 · 2 scan rows · 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 · 2 scan rows · 3 occurrences
Formula	τὸ 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
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	κεῖται gloss:ab7a888bea5343a6	is situated Domain: MEASUREMENT & SPACE Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	κόλπος ὁ gloss:ba395d16c244385c	gulf, bay Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.