Ἐλευθεραί - Stephanos Ethnika

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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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Text Details

Entry	#46
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 265.10
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-07
Word count	57

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἡρακλείδης (Heracleides)	—

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἐλευθεραί	Eleutherae · place · corrected · Q1328318
Βοιωτία	Boeotia · place · corrected · Q187570
Ἐλευθέρος	Eleutheros · person
Ἀπόλλων	Apollo · deity · corrected · Q37340
Κρήτη	Crete · place · corrected · Q4752820
Κούρητες	Curetes · people
Σάωρος	Saôros · place
Σαώρης	Saôris (nymph) · person
Ἴστρος	Ister (Danube) · place · corrected · Q1653
Πόντος	Pontus (the Black Sea) · place · corrected · Q621672
Αἰήτης	Aeëtes · person
Ἰάσων	Jason · person
Λυκία	Lycia · place · corrected · Q18927
Ἐλευθερεύς	Eleuthereus (demonym) · other
Ἐλευθεραίος	Eleutheraios (demonym) · other
Eleutherai in Boiotia	place · city · Boiotia · explicit · unresolved
Eleutherai in Crete	place · city · Crete · implicit · unresolved
Eleutherai by the Istros in Pontus	place · city · Pontus, by the river Istros · implicit · unresolved
Eleutherai in Lycia	place · city · Lycia · implicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
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.

Links

Place links	Fortress of Eleutherai \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_167.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 1.260

char LCS 239 (82.4%) · word LCS 31 (53.4%)

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…