Ἐλεύθερνα - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἐλεύθερνα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Ἐλεύθερνα, πόλις Κρήτης, ἀφ´ ἑνὸς τῶν Κουρήτων. οἱ πολῖται Ἐλευθερναῖοι. καὶ Ἐλευθερνεύς.

Eleutherna: a city in Crete, named after one of the Kouretes. Its citizens are called 'Eleuthernaiοi'; also 'Eleutherneus'.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#50
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 266.5
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count	12
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἐλευθέρνα	Eleutherna · place · corrected · Q1328347
Κρήτη	Crete · place · corrected · Q4752820
Κουρῆτες	Kouretes (Curetes) · people
Ἐλευθερναῖος	Eleuthernaeans (inhabitants of Eleutherna) · people
Ἐλευθερνεύς	an Eleuthernean (resident of Eleutherna) · person
Ἐλεύθερνα	place · explicit · wikidata: Q1328347 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	'from one of the Kourites' (i.e., named after one of the Kourites, a mythical people/person)

Links

Place links	Eleutherna (ancient city) \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_169.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 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 · 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 · 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
Gloss	γένος τό gloss:c746b76469e4485d	descent Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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 1.257

char LCS 37 (51.4%) · word LCS 7 (58.3%)

Stephanos

Ἐλεύθερνα, πόλις Κρήτης, ἀφ´ ἑνὸς τῶν Κουρήτων. οἱ πολῖται Ἐλευθερναῖοι. καὶ Ἐλευθερνεύς.

Herodian

ὡς Πολύβιος ἐνάτῃ. Ἁλίκυρνα κώμη Ἀκαρνανίας. Στράβων. Ἁλίσαρνα πόλις τῆς Τρωάδος χώρα. Θεόπομπος. Ἄταρνα πόλις μεταξὺ Μυσίας καὶ Λυδίας πλησίον Λέσβου. Μηκύβερνα πόλις Παλλήνης τῆς ἐν Θρᾴκῃ χερρονήσου. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Ἐλεύθερνα πόλις Κρήτης ἀφ´ ἑνὸς τῶν Κουρήτων. Κάλαρνα πόλις Μακεδονίας, ὡς Λούκιος ὁ Ταρραῖος. Σάμορνα· οὕτως ἡ Ἔφεσος ἐκαλεῖτο. Φαλάσαρνα πόλις Κρήτης. Μέντυρνα πόλις ἐν Ἰταλίᾳ Σαυνιτῶν. Διονύσιος ἑκκαιδεκάτῳ. Ἱεράπυτνα πόλις Κρήτης. * Τὰ εἰς 'ννα' προπαροξύνεται…