Δρεπάνη - Stephanos Ethnika

Δρεπάνη OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Δρεπάνη, ἡ Φαιακία. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δρεπανεύς ὡς Σχεριεύς. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Λυκίας Δρεπάνα· ὁ πολίτης ὁμοίως. καὶ Δρέπανα οὐδετέρως, πόλις Σικελίας. ἔστι καὶ Δρέπανον πόλις Λιβύης. εἰσὶ καὶ νησία δύο παρὰ Λέβινθον. ἔστι καὶ Δρεπάνη Βιθυνίας πρὸς τῷ Ἀστακηνῷ κόλπῳ. ἔστι καὶ ὄρος Αἰθιοπίας. τῆς δὲ Βιθυνίας φησὶν ὠνομάσθαι ὅτι “Δρεπάνην κλείουσιν ἀπὸ Κρονίδαο σιδήρου”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δρεπανεύς, καὶ θηλυκὸν Δρεπανηίς.

Drepane: Phaiakia. The ethnonym Drepaneus as 'Scherieus'. There is also a city of Lycia Drepana. The citizen likewise. And Drepana, neuter, a city of Sicily. There is also Drepanon a city of Libya. There are also two islets near Lebinthos. There is also Drepane of Bithynia on the Astakene gulf. There is also a mountain of Ethiopia. Of the one in Bithynia he says it was named because "they call it Drepane from the iron of Kronides". The ethnonym Drepaneus, and feminine Drepaneis.

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

Text Details

Entry	#127
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 238.13
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-06
Word count	62

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Δημοσθένης (Demosthenes)	FGrHist 699 F 14 = fr. 14 Powell

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δρεπάνη	Drepanē (place) · place · corrected · Q10944882
Φαιακία	Phaeacia (land of the Phaeacians) · place
Δρεπανεύς	Drepaneús (ethnic/demonym) · people
Σχεριεύς	Scherieús (ethnic/demonym) · people
Λυκία	Lycia · place · corrected · Q18927
Δρεπάνη	Drepanē (place) · place · corrected · Q10944882
Δρεπάνη	Drepanē (place) · place · corrected · Q10944882
Δρεπᾶνον	Drepanon (place, Libya) · place
Σικελία	Sicily · place · corrected · Q4951156
Λιβύη	Libya · place · corrected · Q2370577
Λέβινθος	Lebinthos (island) · place
Βιθυνία	Bithynia · place · corrected · Q373189
Ἀστακός	Astacus (place) · place
Αἰθιοπία	Aethiopia · place · corrected · Q410453
Κρονίδης	Kronides (epithet of Zeus) · deity
Δρεπανηίς	Drepanēis (feminine ethnicon) · people
Phaiakia / Drepane	place · island or place · Phaiakia · explicit · unresolved
Drepane in Lycia	place · city · Lycia · explicit · unresolved
Drepana in Sicily	place · city · Sicily · explicit · unresolved
Drepanon in Libya	place · city · Libya · explicit · unresolved
Two islands near Lebinthos	place · islands · near Lebinthos · implicit · unresolved
Drepane in Bithynia	place · city · Bithynia / near Astakene Gulf · explicit · unresolved
Mount Drepane in Ethiopia	place · mountain · Ethiopia · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Folk Etymology Narrative	Demosthenes says of the Bithynian (Drepane) that it is named because 'they call Drepane from the iron (sickle) of Cronus.'
Morphological Composition	The ethnicon (demonym) is Δρεπανεύς, and the feminine form Δρεπανηίς — the ethnicon Δρεπανεύς formed like Σχεριεύς.

Links

Place links	Scheria
Page scans	vol2_095.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative AUTHOR NAME)... + ὡς αὐτός formula:4caae33810f40dfa	Translate as "X... as per X." Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 8 occurrences
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 5 occurrences
Formula	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:bcd70ae781e7b205	Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	γένος τό gloss:c746b76469e4485d	descent Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἔθνος τό gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8	people Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Gloss	κόλπος ὁ gloss:ba395d16c244385c	gulf, bay Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ὄρος ὁ gloss:184051ff413f789d	mountain, mount (X ὄρος = 'Mount X') Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.