Ἐλπία - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἐλπία OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Ἐλπία, πόλις ἐν Δαυνίοις, κτίσμα Ῥοδίων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἐλπιανός.

Elpia: a city among the Daunians, a foundation of Rhodians. The ethnonym Elpianos.

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

Text Details

Entry	#72
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 269.15
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count	9

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἐλπία	Elpia (city) · place · corrected · Q3469627
Δαυνῖοι	Daunians · people
Ῥόδιοι	Rhodians · people
Ἐλπιανός	Elpian(s) (demonym) · people
Ἐλπία	place · explicit · wikidata: Q3469627 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Place Transfer	a foundation/colony of the Rhodians
Morphological Composition	the ethnicon (demonym) is 'Elpianos' (formed from the place-name 'Elpia')

Links

Place links	Salapia \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_175.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 (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	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
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	κτίσμα τό gloss:fb49af0b4b56155e	foundation 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 1.288

char LCS 32 (65.3%) · word LCS 6 (66.7%)

Stephanos

Ἐλπία, πόλις ἐν Δαυνίοις, κτίσμα Ῥοδίων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἐλπιανός.

Herodian

… βραχέος 'ι'. Ἐλλοπία χωρίον Εὐβοίας καὶ αὐτὴ ἡ νῆσος ἀπὸ Ἔλλοπος τοῦ Ἴωνος. ἐλέγετο καὶ ἡ περὶ Δωδώνην χώρα Ἐλλοπία, ἧς οἱ οἰκήτορες Ἑλλοί καὶ Σελλοί. ἔστι καὶ πόλις περὶ Δολοπίαν καὶ χώρα περὶ Θεσπιάς. Εἱλωτία ἡ χώρα. Ἐλπία πόλις ἐν Δαυνίοις, κτίσμα Ῥοδίων. Ἐπουΐα πόλις ἡ νῦν Ἀμβρακία ἡ πρότερον Παραλία. Εὐκρατιδία πόλις Βάκτρων παρὰ τὸν Εὐκρατίδαν. Στράβων ἑνδεκάτῳ. Εὐπαλία πόλις Λοκρίδος, ἣν Εὐπάλιον Ἀρτεμίδωρός φησι. Εὐπατρία πόλις Λυδῶν. Ἠλιδία. Ψωφιδία. Ἠμαθία πόλις …