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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 text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 237.5 · Billerbeck Δ117
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-06
Word count	86
Translation status	Most differences are mechanical (orthography, punctuation, quotation marks), but there are two substantive variants: the proper name (Σάβας in Billerbeck vs Σάκας in Meineke) and a verbal-form difference (μὴ δεῖν vs μὴ δεῖ). The name change alters the referent; the verb-form change may affect grammatical reading.

Cited Authors

Author	Work / 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

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δοῦλων	Doulon (place) · place
Λιβύη	Libya · place
Ἱεροδοῦλοι	Hierodouloi / Hierodoulon (place) · place
Κρήτη	Crete · place
Δουλόπολις	Doulopolis · place
Σάβας	Sabas · person
Σιδόνιοι	Sidonians · people
Ἐρεμβοῦς	Erembous (group) · people
Αἴγυπτος	Egypt · place
Δουλοπολίτης	Doulopolites (ethnikon) · other

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	The 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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Herodian overlaps

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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…