Ἐλέα - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἐλέα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Ἐλέα, πόλις Ἰταλίας, ὡς εἴρηται. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Ὑέλη· ὠνομάσθη δὲ Ἐλέα ἀπὸ τοῦ παραρρέοντος ποταμοῦ, ἡ νῦν Βελέα.

Elea, a city in Italy, as has been said. It used to be called Hyele; it was named Elea after the river flowing past it, and is now called Belea.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#41
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 264.18
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-07
Word count	18
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἐλέα	Elea (Velia) · place · corrected · Q272968
Ἰταλία	Italy · place
Ὑέλη	Hyéle (Hyele) · place
Βελέα	Velia (Belea) · place
Elea in Italy (later Hyele/Velea)	place · city · Italy · explicit · wikidata: Q272968 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Place Transfer	And Elea was named from the river flowing beside it, which is now called Belea.
Unclear Metalinguistic	It was called Hyēlē (Hyela).

Links

Place links	Velia \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_167.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (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
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 2 occurrences
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	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.

Herodian 1.284

char LCS 53 (60.9%) · word LCS 10 (55.6%)

Stephanos

Ἐλέα, πόλις Ἰταλίας, ὡς εἴρηται. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Ὑέλη· ὠνομάσθη δὲ Ἐλέα ἀπὸ τοῦ παραρρέοντος ποταμοῦ, ἡ νῦν Βελέα.

Herodian

… Κρήτῃ ὑπὸ Ταλθυβίου κτισθεῖσα. Θυρέα, περὶ ἧς Ἀργεῖοι καὶ Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἐπολέμησαν. ἔστι δὲ τῆς Κυνουρίας γῆς, μεθορία δὲ τῆς Ἀργείας καὶ Λακωνικῆς. λέγεται καὶ πληθυντικῶς καὶ κατὰ συναίρεσιν Θυρῆ. Ἐλέα πόλις Ἰταλίας. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Ὑέλη. ὠνομάσθη δὲ Ἐλέα ἀπὸ τοῦ παραρρέοντος ποταμοῦ. Μαλέα ἄκρα πρὸς τῇ Πελοποννήσῳ καὶ Μάλεια διὰ διφθόγγου. Ὑδρέα νῆσος πρὸς τῇ Τροιζῆνι. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Ἀραιθυρέα· οὕτως ἡ Φλιοῦς πάλαι. Ὅμηρος (Β 571) «Ἀραιθυρέην τ´ ἐρατεινήν». Παυσανίας δευτέρῳ περιηγήσεως Ἑλλάδος (…