Δράγγαι

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Δράγγαι, ἔθνος Περσικῆς. Στράβων πεντεκαιδεκάτῃ. τὸ θηλυκὸν Δραγγηίς, ἡ χώρα Δραγγηνή, ὡς ἔθος. Σωφηνή γὰρ καὶ Ἀραξηνή.

Drangai: a people of Persia. Strabo book 15. The feminine is Drangēis; the country Drangēnē, as is the practice: for Sophēnē and Araxēnē.

Text Details

Entry#123
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 238.3 · Billerbeck Δ123
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-06
Word count17
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)ιε̅ (15,2,5 [C 721,33])
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΔράγγαιDrangai (the Drangai) · people
ΠερσίαPersia · place
ΔραγγηίςDrangēis (feminine form) · people
ΔραγγηνήDranggene (the country of the Drangai) · place
ΣωφηνήSophene (region) · place
ἈραξηνήAraxene (region of the Araxes) · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological CompositionThe feminine (ethnic) form Δραγγηίς; the country Δραγγηνή, as is customary. For (compare) Σωφηνή (Sophene) and Ἀραξηνή (Araxene).

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC