Δυμᾶνες

Entry #139
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 240.6 | Billerbeck: Δ139
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-07
Word count: 88
Sources: Ἔφορος (Ephorus) FGrHist 70 F 15, Εὐφορίων (Euphorion) fr. 50 Lightfoot = fr. 47 Powell [Χιλιάσι]
Entities: Δυμᾶνες (Dymanes (the Dymanes)) [people], Δωριεῖς (Dorians) [people], Ὑλλεῖς (Hylleis (the Hylleis)) [people], Πάμφυλοι (Pamphyloi / Pamphylians) [people], Ἡρακλῆς (Heracles (Hercules)) [deity], Ὑρνηθία (Hyrnethia (name of tribe/region)) [other], Αἰγίμιος (Aegimios) [person], Οἴτη (Oeta (Mount Oeta)) [place], Πάμφυλος (Pamphylos (son of Aegimios)) [person], Δυμᾶς (Dymas / Dymanos (son of Aegimios)) [person], Ὕλλος (Hyllos (son of Heracles)) [person], Δυμανίς (Dymanis (female form)) [person], Δύμαινα (Dumaína / Dýmaina (female form)) [person], Δυμαῖναι (Dymainai (dative plural of the tribal/name form)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: Aegimios was king of the Dorians around Oeta. He had two sons, Pamphylos and Dymanos (Δυμᾶν). — i.e. the tribe Δυμᾶνες is named from the eponymous Dymanos.; Eponym Person: He made Hylleus, the son of Heracles, a third. (The Ὑλλεῖς/Hylleis are therefore associated with Hylleus son of Heracles.) — i.e. the tribal name Ὑλλεῖς derives from the eponymous Hylleus, son of Heracles.; Morphological Composition: And Δυμανίς is the feminine form and Δύμαινα (another feminine form). — showing feminine formations of the ethnonym Δυμάνης/Δυμᾶνες.
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