Ἐρέτρια

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Ἐρέτρια, πόλις Εὐβοίας. Ὅμηρος “Χαλκίδα τ´ Εἰρέτριάν τε”. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Μελανηίς ἀπὸ Μελανέως τοῦ Εὐρύτου πατρός. οὕτω δ´ ἐκλήθη ἀπὸ Ἐρετριέως τοῦ Φαέθοντος υἱοῦ. τοῦτον δ´ εἶναι ἕνα τῶν Τιτάνων. ἔστι καὶ Θεσσαλίας. ὁ πολίτης Ἐρετριεύς. καὶ κλίνεται Ἐρετριέως καὶ Ἐρετριῶς ὡς Στειριῶς. καὶ Ἐρετρίς θηλυκὸν καὶ Ἐρετριάς. καὶ Ἐρέτριος καὶ Ἐρετριαῖος καὶ Ἐρετριακός.

Eretria: a city of Euboia. Homer: "Chalkis and Eiretria". It was called Melaneis from Melaneus the father of Eurytos. It was so named from Eretrieus the son of Phaethon. He was one of the Titans. There is also of Thessaly. The citizen Eretrieus. And it is declined Eretrieos and Eretrios as 'Steirios'. And Eretris feminine and Eretrias. And Eretrios and Eretriaios and Eretriakos.

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#108
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 276.3
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count55

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ὅμηρος (Homer)Ἰλιάς (Iliad) · Β 537
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ἘρέτριαEretria · place · corrected · Q16562724
ΕὔβοιαEuboea (Euboea/Evia) · place · corrected · Q173096
ΧαλκὶςChalcis · place · corrected · Q21235810
ἘρέτριαEretria · place · corrected · Q16562724
ΜελανηίςMelaneis · place
ΜελανεύςMelaneus · person
ΕὔρυτοςEurytus · person
ἘρετριεύςEretrieus / Eretrius (Eretrian eponym) · person
ΦαέθωνPhaethon · person
ΤιτᾶνεςTitans · deity
ΘετταλίαThessaly · place
ἘρετριεύςEretrian (male citizen) · people
Ἐρετριεύς(form of) Eretrian · people
Στειριός/Στείριος(form of) Steirian (from Steiria) · place
ἘρετρὶςEretrian (female citizen) · people
Ἐρετριᾶς(female form) Eretrian · people
ἘρέτριοςEretrian (adjectival) · people
ἘρετριαῖοςEretrian (adjectival) · people
ἘρετριακόςEretrian (adjectival) · people
Eretria in Euboeaplace · city · Euboea · explicit · unresolved
Eretria in Thessalyplace · city · Thessaly · implicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonIt was called Melaneis from Melaneus, the son of Eurytus (i.e. named after Melaneus).
Eponym PersonThus it was named from Eretrieus, son of Phaethon (this Eretrieus is said to be one of the Titans).

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN)
formula:276bf314e3ad9973
Translate as "X, X"
Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
Formulaκαί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN)
formula:0af867b3dd6df580
Translate as "Y is also 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὁ 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
Formulaτὸ 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
Glossκαλεῖται/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 · 2 occurrences
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Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.248
char LCS 34 (11.6%) · word LCS 6 (11.1%)
Stephanos
Ἐρέτρια, πόλις Εὐβοίας. Ὅμηρος “Χαλκίδα τ´ Εἰρέτριάν τε”. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Μελανηίς ἀπὸ Μελανέως τοῦ Εὐρύτου πατρός. οὕτω δ´ ἐκλήθη ἀπὸ Ἐρετριέως τοῦ Φαέθοντος υἱοῦ. τοῦτον δ´ εἶναι ἕνα τῶν Τιτάνων. ἔστι καὶ Θεσσαλίας. ὁ πολίτης Ἐρετριεύς. καὶ κλίνεται Ἐρετριέως καὶ Ἐρ…
Herodian
…αὶ μητρόπολις τῆς ἐν Ἰνδικῇ Ταπροβάνης νήσου. χρυσοῦς χρυσῆ, διπλοῦς διπλῆ. Τὰ ἔχοντα τὸ 'α' βραχὺ διὰ τοῦ 'τρια' προπαροξύνεται, αὐλήτρια, ψάλτρια, ποιήτρια, μεσήτρια, ὁδηγήτρια, ὀρχήστρια, μαθήτρια, λεκάστρια ἡ πόρνη. Ἐρέτρια πόλις Εὐβοίας. Ὅμηρος »Χαλκίδα τ´ Ἐρέτριάν τε« (Il. Β 537) ἀπὸ Ἐρετριέως τοῦ Φαέθοντος υἱοῦ. τὸ δὲ μετρία καὶ ἀλλοτρία τὸ 'α' μακρὸν ἔχουσι. καὶ τὸ πότνια· ἔστι δὲ καὶ Πότνιαι πόλις Βοιωτίας. καὶ ὄμπνια, Πολύμνια, Ἰάμνια πολίχνιον Φοινίκης, Στράβων δὲ κώμ…
Herodian 1.84
char LCS 27 (9.2%) · word LCS 5 (9.3%)
Stephanos
Ἐρέτρια, πόλις Εὐβοίας. Ὅμηρος “Χαλκίδα τ´ Εἰρέτριάν τε”. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Μελανηίς ἀπὸ Μελανέως τοῦ Εὐρύτου πατρός. οὕτω δ´ ἐκλήθη ἀπὸ Ἐρετριέως τοῦ Φαέθοντος υἱοῦ. τοῦτον δ´ εἶναι ἕνα τῶν Τιτάνων. ἔστι καὶ Θεσσαλίας. ὁ πολίτης Ἐρετριεύς. καὶ κλίνεται Ἐρετριέως καὶ Ἐρετριῶς ὡς Στειριῶς. καὶ Ἐρετρίς θηλυκὸν καὶ Ἐρετριάς. καὶ Ἐρέτριος…
Herodian
… ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπὸ τῶν ἐνοικούντων Λελέγων, ὡς Δίδυμος ἐν συμποσιακοῖς. Λιλυβηΐς, Λυκτηΐς, Δραγγηΐς, Ταμυνηΐς, Δρυοπηΐς, Δωτηΐς. Ῥιανὸς ἐν δʹ Μεσσηνιακῶν »αὐδὴν εἰσάμενος Δωτηΐδι Νικοτελείῃ«. Μελανηΐς· οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο Ἐρέτρια ἀπὸ Μελανέως τοῦ Εὐρύτου πατρός. Δρυηΐς, Τριοπηΐς, Μακριηΐς, Ὑλληΐς, Μεγαρηΐς, Φυλληΐς, Φιλυρηΐς πλεονασμῷ τοῦ 'η' παρὰ τὸ Φιλυρίς, Πλατηΐς νῆσος παρὰ τῇ Λυκίᾳ. Ἐπειΐς, Τηλεβοΐς μοῖρα τῆς Ἀκαρνανίας ἀπὸ Τηλεβόου ἣ πρότερον

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