Διομήδεια

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Entry #87
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 231.15 | Billerbeck: Δ87
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-06
Word count: 42
Entities: Διομήδεια (Diomedeia (Diomedea)) [place], Δαύνιοι (Daunians) [people], Διομήδης (Diomedes) [person], Ἀργυρίππων (Argyrippon (place)) [place], Διομηδεύς (Diomedeus (ethnic name)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: a settlement/founding of Diomedes (i.e. founded by or belonging to Diomedes); Folk Etymology Narrative: in which the herons, said to be the companions of Diomedes, were there transformed into birds (a mythic/folk explanation connected to Diomedes)
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Διομήδεια, πόλις Δαυνίων, κτίσμα Διομήδους. καὶ νῆσος ἡ Διομήδεια ἐν ᾗ οἱ ἐρωδιοὶ χειροήθεις προσπετόμενοι καὶ εἰς τοὺς κόλπους δύοντες, οὕς φασιν ὅτι τοὺς ἑταίρους Διομήδους ἐκεῖ εἰς ὄρνιθας μετασχηματισθῆναι. ἔστι καὶ τόπος Διομήδεια πλησίον Ἀργυρί[ππων]. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Διομηδεύς. ἄμεινον δὲ Διομήδειος.

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