Δούλων πόλις

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Δούλων πόλις, πόλις Λιβύης, Ἑκαταῖος ἐν περιηγήσει. “καὶ ἐὰν δοῦλος εἰς τὴν πόλιν ταύτην λίθον προσενέγκῃ, ἐλεύθερος γίνεται κἂν ξένος ᾖ”. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα Ἱεροδούλων ἐν ᾗ εἷς μόνος ἐλεύθερός ἐστι. φασὶ καὶ κατὰ Κρήτην Δουλόπολιν εἶναι χιλίανδρον. σημειωτέον δ´ ὅτι Κρατῖνος ἐν Σεριφίοις πόλιν δούλων φησίν, Ἀπολλωνίου φήσαντος “μὴ δεῖ ταύτας τὰς παραθέσεις ἐναλλάσσειν δίχα ποιητικῆς ἀνάγκης, ὥς φησι Κρατῖνος εἶτα Σάκας ἀφικνῇ καὶ Σιδονίους καὶ Ἐρεμβούς, ἔς τε πόλιν δούλων ἀνδρῶν νεοπλουτοπονήρων”. ἔστι καὶ χωρίον ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ Δουλόπολις ὥς φησιν Ὀλυμπιανός. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δουλοπολίτης.

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Text Details

Entry#117
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 237.5
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-06
Word count86

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)Περιηγήσει · FGrHist 1 F 345
Anonymus (Anonymous (author))—
Κρατῖνος (Cratinus)Σεριφίοις · fr. 223 Kassel/Austin [PCG IV 236]
Σεριφίοις ((work title) Serifiois)—
Ἀπολλώνιος (Apollonius)GG II 3,63,36–41
Ὀλυμπιανός (Olympianos)FGrHist 676 F 3
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΔοῦλωνDoulon (place) · place
ΛιβύηLibya · place · corrected · Q2370577
ἹεροδοῦλοιHierodouloi / Hierodoulon (place) · place
ΚρήτηCrete · place · corrected · Q4752820
ΔουλόπολιςDoulopolis · place
ΣάβαςSabas · person
ΣιδόνιοιSidonians · people
ἘρεμβοῦςErembous (group) · people
ΑἴγυπτοςEgypt · place · corrected · Q11768
ΔουλοπολίτηςDoulopolites (ethnikon) · other
Doulon polis in Libyaplace · city · Libya · explicit · unresolved
Hierodoulonplace · city · unspecified · explicit · unresolved
Doulopolis in Creteplace · city · Crete · explicit · unresolved
slave city in Seriphosplace · city · Seriphos · implicit · unresolved
Doulopolis in Egyptplace · city/town · Egypt · explicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological CompositionThe city 'Doulon' / 'Doulopolis' — literally 'city of slaves' (from δοῦλος 'slave' + πόλις 'city').
Folk Etymology Narrative‘And if a slave brings a stone into this city, he becomes free, even if he is a foreigner.’ (a law/anecdote linking the place with freeing slaves).
Folk Etymology Narrative‘There is also another Hierodoulon, in which only one man is free.’ (name and anecdote implying a place of (sacred) slaves).
Folk Etymology Narrative‘then Savas arrives and the Sidonians and Erembous, into a city of slave men, newly-rich and industrious.’ (poetic description treating the place as 'city of slaves').

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME)
formula:c795eaabedf9a542
Translate as "Χ, in his *Y*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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 · 3 occurrences
FormulaX (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON)
formula:4e7b910409d678a8
Translate as "'X' is from Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE)
formula:0a6d211492d74a05
Translate as "a X of the Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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
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
FormulaΧ (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME)
formula:c22408ee90fd1a1e
Translate as "X, in book Y of his *Z*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossχώρα ἡ
gloss:54f628c16aa263ce
region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις); land (remote or poetical places)
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Rule status: In progress		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 1.93
char LCS 219 (45.6%) · word LCS 38 (44.2%)
Stephanos
…ύης, Ἑκαταῖος ἐν περιηγήσει. “καὶ ἐὰν δοῦλος εἰς τὴν πόλιν ταύτην λίθον προσενέγκῃ, ἐλεύθερος γίνεται κἂν ξένος ᾖ”. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα Ἱεροδούλων ἐν ᾗ εἷς μόνος ἐλεύθερός ἐστι. φασὶ καὶ κατὰ Κρήτην Δουλόπολιν εἶναι χιλίανδρον. σημειωτέον δ´ ὅτι Κρατῖνος ἐν Σεριφίοις πόλιν δούλων φησίν, Ἀπολλωνίου φήσαντος “μὴ δεῖ ταύτας τὰς παραθέσεις ἐναλλάσσειν δίχα ποιητικῆς ἀνάγκης, ὥς φησι Κρατῖνος εἶτα Σάκας ἀφικνῇ καὶ Σιδονίους καὶ Ἐρεμβούς, ἔς τε πόλιν δούλων ἀνδρῶν νεοπλουτοπονήρων”. ἔστι καὶ χωρίον ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ Δουλόπολις ὥς φησιν Ὀλυμπιανός. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δουλοπολίτης.
Herodian
…πρότερον Αἶα. Διόσπολις ἡ μεγάλη πόλις τῆς Αἰγυπτίας Θηβαΐδος ἡ λεγομένη ἑκατόμπυλος, κτίσμα Ὀσίριδος καὶ Ἴσιδος. εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ ἄλλαι μικραὶ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ τέσσαρες. ἔστι καὶ Λυδίας καὶ Παλαιστίνης. Δουλόπολις πόλις κατὰ Κρήτην. σημειωτέον δ´ ὅτι Κρατῖνος ἐν Σεριφίοις Πόλιν δούλων φησίν, Ἀπολλωνίου φήσαντος, μὴ δεῖ ταύτας τὰς παραθέσεις ἐναλλάσσειν δίχα ποιητικῆς ἀνάγκης, ὥς φησι Κρατῖνος «εἶτα Σάκας ἀφικνῇ καὶ Σιδονίους καὶ Ἐρεμβούς, ἔς τε πόλιν δούλων ἀνδρῶν νεοπλουτοπονήρων». ἔστι καὶ Δούλων πόλις πόλις Λιβύης. Ἑκαταῖος ἐν περιηγήσει «καὶ ἐὰν δοῦλος εἰς τὴν πόλιν ταύτην λίθον προσενέγκῃ, ἐλεύθερος γίνεται κἂν ξένος ᾖ». Ἑλληνόπολις πόλις Βιθυνίας. Ἀπολλόδωρος «Ἄτταλος ἐκ τῶν Ἑλληνίδων πόλεων οἰκήτορας…

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