Ἐπιφάνεια - Stephanos Ethnika

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city

Ἐπιφάνεια, πόλις Συρίας κατὰ Ῥαφανέας ἐν μεθορίοις Ἀράδου, ἀφ´ ἧς Εὐφράτης ὁ στωικὸς φιλόσοφος. δευτέρα Κιλικίας. τρίτη Βιθυνίας. τετάρτη κατὰ Τίγριν. ἐκλήθη δὲ καὶ Ἀρκεσίκερτα ὅ ἐστιν Ἀρκεσίου κτίσμα. ὁ πολίτης Ἐπιφανεύς.

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Text Details

Entry	#98
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 274.17
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count	32

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἐπιφάνεια	Epiphania · place · corrected · Q173545
Συρία	Syria · place · corrected · Q13415123
Ῥαφανέαι	Raphaneae / Raphanea · place
Ἀράδος	Aradus · place · corrected · Q377802
Εὐφράτης	Euphrates (personal name) · person
Κιλικία	Cilicia · place · corrected · Q620864
Βιθυνία	Bithynia · place · corrected · Q373189
Τίγρις	Tigris · place
Ἀρκεσίκερτα	Arcesikerta (alternative name of the city) · place
Ἀρκεσίος	Arcesios · person
Ἐπιφανεύς	Epiphanes (the citizen) · person
Epiphaneia in Syria near Raphanea	place · city · Syria, near Raphanea, on the borders of Aradus · explicit · unresolved
Epiphaneia in Cilicia	place · city · Cilicia · implicit · unresolved
Epiphaneia in Bithynia	place · city · Bithynia · implicit · unresolved
Epiphaneia by the Tigris	place · city · by the Tigris · implicit · unresolved
Arkesikeirta	place · city · unknown / same as Epiphaneia entry context · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	“and it was also called Arkesikerta, which is the settlement/kτισμα of Arcesios” (i.e. Arkesikerta = Arcesios' settlement).

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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	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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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
Gloss	κτίσμα τό gloss:fb49af0b4b56155e	foundation 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.

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.