Διοσκούρων κώμη

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Διοσκούρων κώμη, Λιβύης, ἐν ᾗ τὸν Πάριν ἐπιδιώξαντες ἥρπασαν τὴν Ἑλένην οἱ Διόσκουροι [ἣν] ᾤκησαν. ὁ κωμήτης Διοσκουροκωμήτης ὡς Μεγαλοκωμήτης, ἐκ δύο ἓν παράγωγον.

“Village of the Dioscuri”: of Libya, in which, when they pursued Paris, the Dioscuri seized Helen and took up residence. The villager is called Dioskourokōmētēs, as Megalokōmētēs; a derivative formed by combining two words into one.

Text Details

Entry#94
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 233.20 · Billerbeck Δ94
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-06
Word count24
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΔιόσκουροιDioscuri (Castor and Pollux) · deity
ΛιβύηLibya · place
ΠάριςParis · person
ἙλένηHelen · person
ΔιοσκουροκωμήτηςDioskourookomētēs (the Dioscuri-villager; local name) · person
ΜεγαλοκωμήτηςMegalokomētēs ("Great-villager", epithet) · person
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Person'the village of the Dioscuri' (in Libya), in which the Dioscuri, having pursued Paris, seized Helen and dwelt there.
Morphological Composition'the villager/demonym Διοσκουροκωμητής, like Μεγαλοκωμητής, is a derivative formed "from two into one"' (i.e. a compound formed by merging two elements).

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Place linksΔιοσκούρων κώμη (Pauly-Wissowa)
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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC