Ἐλέγεια - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἐλέγεια OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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

Elegeia: a locality beyond the Euphrates. Arrian, in book 8 of his Parthika. The ethnonym is 'Elegeus' (as in 'Seleukeus').

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#42
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 264.21
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-07
Word count	13
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἀρριανός (Arrian)	Παρθικῶν (Παρθικά — Parthica) · FGrHist 156 F 36

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἐλέγεια	Elegeia · place · corrected · Q3050629
Εὐφράτης	Euphrates · place · corrected · Q34589
Ἐλεγεὺς	Elegeus (demonym) · people
Σελεύκης	Seleucus · person
Ἐλέγεια	place · place · explicit · wikidata: Q3050629 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	The ethnicon 'Ἐλεγεὺς' (inhabitant of Ἐλέγεια) as (i.e. from) 'Σελευκεύς' — implying the place/name derives from (or is associated with) Seleucus.

Links

Place links	Elegeia \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_167.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his Y"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 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) + 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 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
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 · 2 occurrences
Formula	Χ (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:c22408ee90fd1a1e	*Translate as "X, in book Y of his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 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 (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	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χωρίον τό gloss:619c2907ea980b25	locality; point (only in μέσα χωρία: ‘halfway point’) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	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 1.278

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 …