Ἐλευθεραί - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #46
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 265.10 | Billerbeck: Ε46
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-07
Word count: 57
Sources: Ἡρακλείδης (Heracleides)
Entities: Ἐλευθεραί (Eleutherae) [place], Βοιωτία (Boeotia) [place], Ἐλευθέρος (Eleutheros) [person], Ἀπόλλων (Apollo) [deity], Κρήτη (Crete) [place], Κούρητες (Curetes) [people], Σάωρος (Saôros) [place], Σαώρης (Saôris (nymph)) [person], Ἴστρος (Ister (Danube)) [place], Πόντος (Pontus (the Black Sea)) [place], Αἰήτης (Aeëtes) [person], Ἰάσων (Jason) [person], Λυκία (Lycia) [place], Ἐλευθερεύς (Eleuthereus (demonym)) [other], Ἐλευθεραίος (Eleutheraios (demonym)) [other]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: A city of Boeotia, from Euletheros, son of Apollo.; Eponym Person: There is also (one) of Crete from Euletheros, one of the Curetes.; Eponym Person: Who was also called Saoros, from Saores the nymph.; Folk Etymology Narrative: There is also another by the river Ister in Pontus, because those around Jason, having fled Aietes, were there freed from fear.; Eponym Person: There is also a city of Lycia from some nymph.
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Ἐλευθεραί, πόλις Βοιωτίας, ἀπὸ Ἐλευθῆρος τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος. ἔστι καὶ Κρήτης ἀπὸ Ἐλευθῆρος ἑνὸς τῶν Κουρήτων, ἥ τις καὶ Σάωρος ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπὸ Σαώρης νύμφης. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη ἐπὶ τῷ Ἴστρῳ ποταμῷ ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ, διὰ τὸ φυγόντας Αἰήτην τοὺς περὶ Ἰάσονα ἐκεῖ τοῦ φόβου ἐλευθερωθῆναι. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Λυκίας ἀπό τινος νύμφης. ὁ πολίτης Ἐλευθερεύς, ἢ Ἐλευθεραῖος, ὡς Ἡρακλείδης.

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Stephanos

Ἐλευθεραί, πόλις Βοιωτίας, ἀπὸ Ἐλευθῆρος τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος. ἔστι καὶ Κρήτης ἀπὸ Ἐλευθῆρος ἑνὸς τῶν Κουρήτων, ἥ τις καὶ Σάωρος ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπὸ Σαώρης νύμφης. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη ἐπὶ τῷ Ἴστρῳ ποταμῷ ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ, διὰ τὸ φυγόντας Αἰήτην τοὺς περὶ Ἰάσονα ἐκεῖ τοῦ φόβου ἐλευθερωθῆναι. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Λυκίας ἀπό τινος νύμφης. ὁ πολίτης Ἐλευθερεύς, ἢ Ἐλευθεραῖος, ὡς Ἡρακλείδης.

Herodian

…νὲς δὲ καὶ Φιλωτερίαν αὐτὴν εἰρήκασιν. τὸ δὲ Γλυκερά ὀξύνεται, εἴτε κύριον εἴτε ἐπιθετικὸν εἴη ὡς καὶ Ἱερά· οὕτως γὰρ ἐκλήθη ἡ Τάρσος πόλις. καὶ τὸ περιστερὰ τετρασύλλαβον καὶ τὸ Ἐλευθεραί πληθυντικῶς λεγόμενον. ἔστι δὲ πόλις Βοιωτίας ἀπὸ Ἐλευθῆρος τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος· ἔστι καὶ Κρήτης ἀπὸ Ἐλευθῆρος ἑνὸς τῶν Κουρήτων, ἥτις καὶ Σάωρος ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπὸ Σαώρης νύμφης. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη ἐπὶ τῷ Ἴστρῳ ποταμῷ ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ διὰ τὸ φυγόντας Αἰήτην τοὺς περὶ Ἰάσονα ἐκεῖ τοῦ φόβου ἐλευθερωθῆναι. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Λυκίας ἀπότινος νύμφης. * Τὰ εἰς 'ηρα' ὑπερδισύλλαβα μονογενῆ παροξύνεται, μερμήρα, Ὀτρήρα, Δασλήρα· ἔστι δὲ ὄνομα λίμνης, μενδήρα. τὸ δὲ Αἱμηρά καὶ Λιμηρά ἐπιθετικά ἐστιν· οὕτως γὰρ ἐκαλεῖτο Ἐπίδαυρος, Αἱμηρά μὲν διὰ τὸ συνεχῶς αἱμάσσεσθαι τ…