Δῖον - Stephanos Ethnika

Δῖον OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Δῖον, πόλις Εὐβοίας περὶ τὸ Κήναιον. Ὅμηρος “Κήρινθόν τ´ ἔφαλον Δίου τ´ αἰπὺ πτολίεθρον”. ἔστι καὶ Μακεδονίας, ἔνθα τὸν Ὀλυμπικὸν ἀγῶνα ἐτέλουν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Διεύς. Παυσανίας δὲ Διάστας φησί· Μακεδόνων γὰρ ὁ τύπος, Ὀρέσται Λυγκησταί. γʹ ἔστι πρὸς τῷ Ἄθῳ, ὡς Θουκυδίδης. δʹ Θεσσαλίας. εʹ Πισιδίας. ϛʹ Ἰταλίας. ζʹ κοίλης Συρίας, κτίσμα Ἀλεξάνδρου, καὶ Πέλλα· ἧς τὸ ὕδωρ νοσερόν. καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν Διηνός, ὡς δηλοῖ τὸ ἐπίγραμμα νᾶμα τὸ Διηνὸν γλυκερὸν ποτόν, ἠνιδὲ πίῃς, παύσει μὲν δίψης, εὐθὺ δὲ καὶ βιότου. τὸ κτητικὸν Διακός. καὶ τὸ θηλυκὸν Διάς, ὡς δηλοῦσιν αἵ γε περὶ ταύτην ἦσαν Διάδες Ἀθῆναι καλούμεναι. οἱ πολῖται Ἀθηναῗται.

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Text Details

Entry	#88
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 232.3
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-06
Word count	68

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ὅμηρος (Homer)	Β 538
Παυσανίας (Pausanias)	9,30,8
Θουκυδίδης (Thucydides)	4,109,3
Preger (Preger (editor))	p. XI Preger = Page, FGE 176

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δίον	Dion · place
Εὔβοια	Euboea · place · corrected · Q173096
Κήναιον	Kenaion (Cape Kenaion) · place
Κήρινθος	Kerinthon (as appears) · place
Μακεδονία	Macedonia · place · corrected · Q81734
Διεύς	Dieus (ethnic/demonym) · people
Διάστας	Diasthas (as appears) · person
Μακεδόνες	Macedonians · people
Ὀρέσται	Orestae · people · corrected · Q183431
Λυγκησται	Lygkestai / Lyncestae · people
Ἄθως	Athos (Mount Athos) · place · corrected · Q130321
Θεσσαλία	Thessaly · place · corrected · Q1247568
Πισιδία	Pisidia · place · corrected · Q621805
Ἰταλία	Italy · place · corrected · Q913582
Συρία	Syria · place
Ἀλέξανδρος	Alexander · person · corrected · Q8409
Πέλλα	Pella · place · corrected · Q167993
Διηνός	Dienos (ethnic/demonym) · people
Δῖον	place · city · Euboea · explicit · topostext: Q15696538 · corrected
Dion in Macedonia	place · city · Macedonia · explicit · unresolved
Dion near Athos	place · city · near Mount Athos, Macedonia/Chalcidice · explicit · unresolved
Dion in Thessaly	place · city · Thessaly · explicit · unresolved
Dion in Pisidia	place · city · Pisidia · explicit · unresolved
Dion in Italy	place · city · Italy · explicit · unresolved
Dion in Coele Syria	place · city · Coele Syria · explicit · unresolved
Dion in Athens	place · district/quarter · Athens · implicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	the ethnicon/demonym 'Διεύς' (i.e., the name for inhabitants derived from Δῖον)
Morphological Composition	But Pausanias says 'Διάστας'; for that is the Macedonian form (a dialectal/ethnic variant of the name).
Eponym Person	in Coele Syria, a foundation/settlement of Alexander (i.e., founded by Alexander)
Place Transfer	and Pella (i.e., also called Pella — indicating the name was transferred or identified with Pella)
Morphological Composition	and the ethnicon 'Διηνός', as the epigram shows (another demonym formed from the place-name).

Links

Place links	Dium \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_077.jpg
Review	Open review page

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 · 1 scan row · 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.356

char LCS 67 (13.7%) · word LCS 12 (11.9%)

Stephanos

… Ὅμηρος “Κήρινθόν τ´ ἔφαλον Δίου τ´ αἰπὺ πτολίεθρον”. ἔστι καὶ Μακεδονίας, ἔνθα τὸν Ὀλυμπικὸν ἀγῶνα ἐτέλουν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Διεύς. Παυσανίας δὲ Διάστας φησί· Μακεδόνων γὰρ ὁ τύπος, Ὀρέσται Λυγκησταί. γʹ ἔστι πρὸς τῷ Ἄθῳ, ὡς Θουκυδίδης. δʹ Θεσσαλίας. εʹ Πισιδίας. ϛʹ Ἰταλίας. ζʹ κοίλης Συρίας, κτίσμα Ἀλεξάνδρου, καὶ Πέλλα· ἧς τὸ ὕδωρ νοσερόν. καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν Διηνός, ὡς δηλοῖ τὸ ἐπίγραμμα νᾶμα τὸ Διηνὸν γλυκερὸν ποτόν, ἠνιδὲ πίῃς, παύσει μὲν δίψης, εὐθὺ δὲ καὶ βιότου. τὸ κτητικὸν Διακός. καὶ τὸ θηλυκὸν Διάς, ὡς δηλοῦσιν αἵ γε περὶ …

Herodian

Θουκυδίδης ( 4, 109), δʹ Θεσσαλίας. εʹ Πισιδίας. ϛʹ Ἰταλίας. ζʹ κοίλης Συρίας, κτίσμα Ἀλεξάνδρου. κρεῖον ἀγγεῖον κρεῶν, εἶον, ὃ καὶ ἤϊον ἐν διαλύσει λέγεται, τὸ εἰς τὸ ἰέναι ἐπιτήδειον, νεῖον τῆς νηὸς τὸ πυθμενοειδὲς ξύλον. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ιον' τριβράχεα ὑποκοριστικὰ προπαροξύνεται, κτένιον, πτύχιον, πόδιον, θρόνιον, ὡσαύ…

Herodian 1.355

char LCS 53 (10.9%) · word LCS 10 (9.9%)

Stephanos

Δῖον, πόλις Εὐβοίας περὶ τὸ Κήναιον. Ὅμηρος “Κήρινθόν τ´ ἔφαλον Δίου τ´ αἰπὺ πτολίεθρον”. ἔστι καὶ Μακεδονίας, ἔνθα τὸν Ὀλυμπικὸν ἀγῶνα ἐτέλουν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Διεύς. Παυσανίας δὲ Διάστας φησί· Μακεδόνων γὰρ ὁ τύπος, Ὀρέσται Λυγκησταί. γʹ ἔστι πρὸς τῷ Ἄθῳ, ὡς Θουκυδίδης. δʹ Θεσσαλίας. εʹ Πι…

Herodian

…κάνεον κανοῦν. Τὰ εἰς 'ον' δισύλλαβα παραληγόμενα τῷ 'ι' μόνῳ ἢ τῇ 'ει' διφθόγγῳ βαρύνεται, μνίον, ῥίον. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Μεσσήνης ἢ Ἀχαΐας καὶ ἄλλη Αἰτωλίας. σίον λαχάνου εἶδος, ἴον, δρίον, ὅπερ τινὲς καὶ δρίος γράφουσι, Δῖον πόλις Εὐβοίας περὶ τὸ Κήναιον. Ὅμηρος »Κήρινθόν τ´ ἔφαλον Δῖόν τ´ αἰπὺ πτολίεθρον« (Β 538). ἔστι καὶ Μακεδονίας, ἔνθα τὸν Ὀλυμπικὸν ἀγῶνα ἐτέλουν· γʹ ἔστι πρὸς τῷ Ἄθῳ, ὡς