Ἐπίδαμνος - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἐπίδαμνος OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Ἐπίδαμνος, πόλις Ἰλλυρίας, ἐπὶ χερρονήσου τῆς καλουμένης Δυρραχίου. ἔστι δ´ ἑτέρα ἐν τῷ Ἰονίῳ κόλπῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἐπιδάμνιος. εὕρηται παρὰ Παρθενίῳ καὶ διὰ διφθόγγου. τὸ θηλυκὸν Ἐπιδαμνιάς.

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Text Details

Entry	#91
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 273.3
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count	27

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Παρθένιος (Parthenius)	fr. 45 Lightfoot = SH 657

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἐπίδαμνος	Epidamnus · place · corrected · Q3567546
Ἰλλυρία	Illyria · place · corrected · Q32047
Δυρράχιον	Dyrrachium (modern Durrës) · place
Ἰόνιον	Ionian (Sea/Gulf) · place · corrected · Q37495
Ἐπιδάμνιος	Epidamnian (ethnic, masc.) · people
Ἐπιδαμνιάς	Epidamnian (ethnic, fem.) · people
Epida(m)nos in Illyria / Dyrrachium peninsula	place · city · Illyria, on the peninsula called Dyrrachium · explicit · unresolved
another Epida(m)nos in the Ionian Gulf	place · city · Ionian Gulf · implicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	The ethnic (demonym) is Ἐπιδάμνιος. It is attested by Parthenios (fr. 45 Lightfoot = SH 657) and (with) a double consonant/diphthong. The feminine is Ἐπιδαμνιάς.

Links

Place links	Epidamnos \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_181.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS 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 1.368

char LCS 36 (23.5%) · word LCS 5 (18.5%)

Stephanos

Ἐπίδαμνος, πόλις Ἰλλυρίας, ἐπὶ χερρονήσου τῆς καλουμένης Δυρραχίου. ἔστι δ´ ἑτέρα ἐν τῷ Ἰονίῳ κόλπῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἐπιδάμνιος. εὕρηται παρὰ Παρθενίῳ καὶ διὰ διφθόγγου. τὸ θηλυκὸν Ἐπιδαμνιάς.

Herodian

… Λίσσος ἐστὶ πόλις καὶ Ἀκρόλισσος καὶ Ἐπίδαμνος Κερκυραίων κτίσμα, ἡ νῦν Δυρράχιον ὁμωνύμως τῇ χερρονήσῳ λεγομένη, ἐφ´ ἧς ἵδρυται». Ἐρατοσθένης γʹ γεωγραφουμένων «ἐχόμενοι δ´ οἰκοῦσι Ταυλάντιοι. πόλις δὲ Ἑλληνὶς Ἐπίδαμνος ἐπὶ χερρονήσου τῆς καλουμένης Δυρραχίου. ποταμοὶ δὲ Δρίλων καὶ Ἀῷος, περὶ οὓς οἱ Κάδμου καὶ Ἁρμονίας τάφοι δείκνυνται». λέγει δὲ Παυσανίας ϛʹ (c. 10, 8) περὶ τῆς ἀρχαίας καὶ τῆς νῦν πόλεως οὕτως «Ἐπιδάμνιοι μὲν χώραν ἥνπερ καὶ ἐξ ἀρχῆς, πόλιν δὲ αὐτὴν ἀρχαίαν…