Δῖον - Stephanos Ethnika

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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
Edition ids	Meineke 232.3 · Billerbeck Δ88
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-06
Word count	68
Translation status	Most token-level differences are mechanical (punctuation, diacritics/accents, numeral keraia on variant letters, editorial bracketing). However, Meineke includes a substantive continuation after 'δηλοῖ τὸ ἐπίγραμμα' — several additional clauses and entries (about τὸ νᾶμα/Διηνὸν, τὸ κτητικὸν Διακός, τὸ θηλυκὸν Διάς, and the citizens) that are absent from the Billerbeck excerpt. There are also a few orthographic/OCR variants (νοσηρόν vs νοσερόν, Διεύς/Διεύς) that are likely mechanical.

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
Page (Page (editor))	p. XI Preger = Page, FGE 176

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δίον	Dion · place
Εὔβοια	Euboea · place
Κήναιον	Kenaion (Cape Kenaion) · place
Κήρινθος	Kerinthon (as appears) · place
Μακεδονία	Macedonia · place
Διεύς	Dieus (ethnic/demonym) · people
Διάστας	Diasthas (as appears) · person
Μακεδόνες	Macedonians · people
Ὀρέσται	Orestae · people
Λυγκησται	Lygkestai / Lyncestae · people
Ἄθως	Athos (Mount Athos) · place
Θεσσαλία	Thessaly · place
Πισιδία	Pisidia · place
Ἰταλία	Italy · place
Συρία	Syria · place
Ἀλέξανδρος	Alexander · person
Πέλλα	Pella · place
Διηνός	Dienos (ethnic/demonym) · people

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).

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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