Ἐλέγεια - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἐλέγεια OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

place

Entry #42
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 264.21 | Billerbeck: Ε42
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-07
Word count: 13
Sources: Ἀρριανός (Arrian) FGrHist 156 F 36 [Παρθικῶν (Παρθικά — Parthica)]
Entities: Ἐλέγεια (Elegeia) [place], Εὐφράτης (Euphrates) [place], Ἐλεγεὺς (Elegeus (demonym)) [people], Σελεύκης (Seleucus) [person]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: The ethnicon 'Ἐλεγεὺς' (inhabitant of Ἐλέγεια) as (i.e. from) 'Σελευκεύς' — implying the place/name derives from (or is associated with) Seleucus.
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Ἐλέγεια, χωρίον πέραν Εὐφράτου, Ἀρριανὸς ἐν Παρθικῶν ηʹ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἐλεγεύς ὡς Σελευκεύς.

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char LCS 45 (62.5%) · word LCS 8 (61.5%)

Stephanos

Ἐλέγεια, χωρίον πέραν Εὐφράτου, Ἀρριανὸς ἐν Παρθικῶν ηʹ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἐλεγεύς ὡς Σελευκεύς.

Herodian

… Διομήδεια πόλις Δαυνίων κτίσμα Διομήδους. καὶ νῆσος ἡ Διομήδεια. ἔστι καὶ τόπος Διομήδεια πλησίον Ἀργυρίππων. Ἐλάτεια πόλις Φωκίδος ἀπὸ Ἐλάτου. ἔστι καὶ Θετταλίας. ἔστι καὶ Θεσπρωτίας, ἣν καὶ Ἐλατρίαν φασὶ διὰ τοῦ 'ρ'. Ἐλέγεια χωρίον πέραν Εὐφράτου. Ἀρριανὸς ἐν Παρθικῶν ηʹ. Ἔμεια τόπος πλησίον Μυκηνῶν. Ἔμεια δὲ λέγεται, ἐπειδὴ ἐκεῖ ἤμεσεν ὁ Κέρβερος ἀνελθὼν ἐκ τοῦ Ἅιδου ἢ ἐπειδὴ ὁ Θυέστης φαγὼν τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ ἐκεῖ ἤμεσεν. Ἐπιφάνεια πόλις Συρίας κατὰ Ῥαφανέας ἐν μεθορίοις Ἀράδου. δευτέρα …