Διονύσου πόλις

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Διονύσου πόλις, ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ, ἡ πρότερον Κρουνοί ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν ὑδάτων καταρροῆς. Διονυσιακοῦ δὲ προσπεσόντος ὕστερον ἐκ τῆς θαλάττης τοῖς τόποις ἀγάλματος οὕτως ἐκλήθη. εἰσὶ καὶ Κρουνοί χωρίον πρὸς δύσιν τῆς ἐχούσης τοὺς βασιλέας πόλεως. βʹ Φρυγίας, κτίσμα Ἀττάλου καὶ Εὐμενοῦς ξόανον εὑρόντων Διονύσου περὶ τοὺς τόπους. γʹ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς. δʹ Λιβύης. εʹ Θρᾴκης. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Διονυσοπολίτης.

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Text Details

Entry#90
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 233.1
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-06
Word count58

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ψευδο-Σκύμνος (Pseudo-Scymnus)fr. 2a Marcotte
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΔιόνυσοςDionysus · deity · corrected · Q41680
ΠόντοςPontus (the Black Sea region) · place · corrected · Q621672
ΚρουνοίKrounoi (Krunoi) · place
ΦρυγίαPhrygia · place · corrected · Q32579
ἈτταλοςAttalus · person
ΕὔμενηςEumenes · person
ἸνδικήIndia (the Indian region) · place · corrected · Q17055962
ΛιβύηLibya · place · corrected · Q2370577
ΘρᾴκηThrace · place · corrected · Q41741
ΔιονυσοπολίτηςDionysoupolitan (inhabitant/demonym) · people
Dionysou polis in Pontus (formerly Krounoi)place · city · Pontus · explicit · unresolved
Krounoi west of the royal cityplace · district · west of the city of the kings (Pontus) · explicit · unresolved
Dionysou polis in Phrygiaplace · city · Phrygia · implicit · unresolved
Dionysou polis in Indiaplace · city · India · implicit · unresolved
Dionysou polis in Libyaplace · city · Libya · implicit · unresolved
Dionysou polis in Thraceplace · city · Thrace · implicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological Compositionformerly (called) Krounoi, from the outflow/overflow (cascade) of the waters.
Folk Etymology Narrative“And when a Dionysiac (image/manifestation) fell upon it later — a statue came from the sea to the place” ... thus it was named.
Eponym PersonA foundation (settlement) of Attalus and Eumenes, (who) found a xoanon (cult image) of Dionysus around the place.

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX... + 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
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 · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.178
char LCS 24 (7.7%) · word LCS 5 (8.6%)
Stephanos
Διονύσου πόλις, ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ, ἡ πρότερον Κρουνοί ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν ὑδάτων καταρροῆς. Διονυσιακοῦ δὲ προσπεσόντος ὕστερον ἐκ τῆς θαλάττης τοῖς τόποις ἀγάλματος οὕτως ἐκλήθη. εἰσὶ καὶ Κρουνοί χωρίον πρὸς δύσιν τῆς ἐχούσης τοὺς βασιλέας πόλεως. βʹ Φρυγίας, κτίσμα Ἀττάλου καὶ Εὐμενοῦς ξόανον εὑρόντων Διονύ…
Herodian
…ραληγόμενα τῇ διὰ τοῦ 'υ' μονογενῆ ὀξύνονται, καυνός καὶ Καυνός πόλις Καρίας ὁμοφώνως τῷ οἰκιστῇ. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη πόλις ἐν Κρήτῃ. γλαυνός (?), βαυνός, ὅπερ οἱ Ἀττικοὶ βαρύνουσι, κρουνός· εἰσὶ καὶ Κρουνοί πόλις ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν ὑδάτων καταρροῆς. βουνός, κεραυνός. τὸ μέντοι χαῦνος τριγενές. καὶ Χαῦνος ἔθνος Θεσπρωτικὸν—Ῥιανὸς τετάρτῳ Θεσσαλικῶν «Κεστρῖνοι Χαῦνοί τε καὶ αὐχήεντες Ἔλινοι»—βαρύνεται. τὸ δὲ πύραυνος ὁ χυτρόπους προπαροξύνεται ὡς καὶ Λούγδουνος πόλι…

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