Ἑρμιών καὶ Ἑρμιόνη, ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑρμιόνος γενικῆς, ὡς ἀπὸ τῆς κάλυκος ἡ Καλύκη καὶ τῆς χιτῶνος ἡ Χιτώνη καὶ ἡγεμόνος Ἡγεμόνη. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ Λακέρεια. Ἑρμιὼν δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ τὸν Δία καὶ τὴν Ἥραν ἐνταῦθα ἀπὸ Κρήτης ἀφικομένους ὁρμισθῆναι, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ ο εἰς ε, ὅθεν καὶ ἱερὸν Ἥρας παρθένου ἦν ἐν αὐτῇ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἑρμιονεύς καὶ Ἑρμιονίς τὸ θηλυκόν.

Ἑρμιών καὶ Ἑρμιόνη, ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑρμιόνος γενικῆς, ὡς ἀπὸ τῆς κάλυκος ἡ Καλύκη καὶ τῆς χιτῶνος ἡ Χιτώνη καὶ ἡγεμόνος Ἡγεμόνη. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ Λακέρεια. Ἑρμιὼν δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ τὸν Δία καὶ τὴν Ἥραν ἐνταῦθα ἀπὸ Κρήτης ἀφικομένους ὁρμισθῆναι, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ ο εἰς ε, ὅθεν καὶ ἱερὸν Ἥρας παρθένου ἦν ἐν αὐτῇ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἑρμιονεύς καὶ Ἑρμιονίς τὸ θηλυκόν. OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Ἑρμιών .... καὶ Ἑρμιόνη, ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑρμιόνος γενικῆς, ὡς ἀπὸ τῆς κάλυκος ἡ Καλύκη καὶ τῆς χιτῶνος ἡ Χιτώνη καὶ ἡγεμόνος Ἡγεμόνη. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ Λακέρεια· Ἑρμιών δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ τὸν Δία καὶ τὴν Ἥραν ἐνταῦθα ἀπὸ Κρήτης ἀφικομένους ὁρμισθῆναι, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ « ο » εἰς « ε », ὅθεν καὶ ἱερὸν Ἥρας παρθένου ἦν ἐν αὐτῇ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἑρμιονεύς, καὶ Ἑρμιονίς τὸ θηλυκόν.

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Text Details

Entry	#118
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 277.13
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count	60

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἑρμιών	Hermione · place · corrected · Q58401924
Ἑρμιόνη	Hermione · place
Ἑρμιών	Hermione (gen.) · place · corrected · Q58401924
Καλύκη	Kalyke · person
Χιτώνη	Chitone · person
Ἡγεμόνη	Hegemone · person
Λακέρεια	Lacereia (Laceria) · place · corrected · Q60790644
Δίας	Zeus · deity · corrected · Q34201
Ἥρα	Hera · deity · corrected · Q38012
Κρήτη	Crete · place · corrected · Q4752820
Ἥρα	Hera · deity · corrected · Q38012
Ἑρμιονεύς	Hermionean (male inhabitant) · people
Ἑρμιονίς	Hermionean (female inhabitant) · people
Hermione in Argolis	place · city · Argolis (Peloponnese) · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	Hermion and Hermione, from the genitive Ἑρμιόνος (i.e. formed from the genitive form)
Morphological Composition	as Kalyke (Καλύκη) from the calyx (κάλυκος)
Morphological Composition	and Chitone (Χιτώνη) from the chiton (χιτών)
Morphological Composition	and Hegemone (Ἡγεμόνη) from hegemon (ἡγεμών)
Unclear Metalinguistic	It was also called Lakeria.
Folk Etymology Narrative	Hermion (named) from the fact that Zeus and Hera came here from Crete and anchored (i.e. the place is named for that arrival)
Morphological Composition	and by the change of o into e (phonetic/orthographic change)
Morphological Composition	the ethnic (demonym) Ἑρμιονεύς and Ἑρμιονίς the feminine form

Links

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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 · 3 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 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	καί + 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
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
Formula	ὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:bcd70ae781e7b205	Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 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

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.21

char LCS 107 (39.5%) · word LCS 26 (43.3%)

Stephanos

Ἑρμιών .... καὶ Ἑρμιόνη, ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑρμιόνος γενικῆς, ὡς ἀπὸ τῆς κάλυκος ἡ Καλύκη καὶ τῆς χιτῶνος ἡ Χιτώνη καὶ ἡγεμόνος Ἡγεμόνη. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ Λακέρεια· Ἑρμιών δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ τὸν Δία καὶ τὴν Ἥραν ἐνταῦθα ἀπὸ Κρήτης ἀφικομένους ὁρμισθῆναι, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ « ο » εἰς « ε », ὅθεν καὶ ἱερὸν Ἥρας παρθένου ἦν ἐν αὐτῇ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἑρμιονεύς, καὶ Ἑρμιονίς τὸ θηλυκόν.

Herodian

γενικῆς ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ κάλυκος ἡ Καλύκη καὶ τῆς χιτῶνος ἡ Χιτώνη καὶ ἡγεμόνος Ἡγεμόνη. Ἑρμιών δὲ ἐλέγετο ἀπὸ τοῦ τὸν Δία καὶ τὴν Ἥραν ἐνταῦθα ἀπὸ Κρήτης ἀφικομένους ὁρμισθῆναι καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ 'ο' εἰς 'ε', ὅθεν καὶ ἱερὸν Ἥρας παρθένου ἦν ἐν αὐτῇ· Μεδιών πόλις πρὸς τῇ Αἰτωλίᾳ· Πολύβιος ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ. Αὐενιών πόλις Μασσαλίας πρὸς τῷ Ῥοδανῷ, Καβελλιών πόλις Μασσαλίας. Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν πρώτῃ γεωγραφουμένων. Κορουιών πόλις Αἰκανῶν ἐν Ἰταλίᾳ. Διονύσιος ιʹ Ῥωμαϊκῆς ἀρχα…

Herodian 1.335

char LCS 28 (10.3%) · word LCS 5 (8.3%)

Stephanos

Ἑρμιών .... καὶ Ἑρμιόνη, ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑρμιόνος γενικῆς, ὡς ἀπὸ τῆς κάλυκος ἡ Καλύκη καὶ τῆς χιτῶνος ἡ Χιτώνη καὶ ἡγεμόνος Ἡγεμόνη. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ Λακέρεια· Ἑρμιών δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ τὸν Δία καὶ τὴν Ἥραν ἐνταῦθα ἀπὸ Κρήτης ἀφικομένους ὁρμισθῆναι, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ « ο » εἰς « ε », ὅθεν…

Herodian

Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ονη' ὑπερδισύλλαβα βαρύνονται καὶ ὀξύνονται. βαρύνεται μὲν τὰ παρώνυμα κύρια, Ἀντιγόνη, Ἠριγόνη θυγάτηρ Ἰκαρίου, Ἡγεμόνη ἀπὸ τῆς ἡγεμόνος γενικῆς, Ἑρμιόνη ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑρμιόνος γενικῆς, Χιόνη νύμφη, Νακόνη πόλις Σικελίας. Καλλιγόνη, Ἀλκυόνη, Πληϊόνη. ἔτι καὶ ταῦτα, σφενδόνη, ὀθόνη, ἀκόνη. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Ἀκόναι πολίχνιον πλησίον Ἡρακλείας. ἐπικέκληται δὲ διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ πρὸς ἀκόνας πεποιημένων λ…

Herodian 1.20

char LCS 24 (8.9%) · word LCS 5 (8.3%)

Stephanos

Ἑρμιών .... καὶ Ἑρμιόνη, ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑρμιόνος γενικῆς, ὡς ἀπὸ τῆς κάλυκος ἡ Καλύκη καὶ τῆς χιτῶνος ἡ Χιτώνη καὶ ἡγεμόνος Ἡγεμόνη. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ Λακέρεια· Ἑρμιών δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ τὸν Δία καὶ τὴν Ἥραν ἐνταῦθα ἀπὸ Κρήτης ἀφικομένους ὁρμισθῆναι, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ « ο » εἰς « ε…

Herodian

…οἱ τὴν Κύζικον οἰκοῦντες, οὓς Δολιέας εἶπεν Ἑκαταῖος, βραχίων. * Τὰ εἰς 'ιων' θηλυκὰ ὀξύνονται, χιών, ἠϊών· ἔστι καὶ πόλις ἐν χεῤῥονήσῳ, ὡς Θουκυδίδης· ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἄλλη πρὸς τῇ Πιερίᾳ. Ἑρμιών πόλις Ἀργολίδος· ἐλέγετο δὲ καὶ Ἑρμιόνη ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑρμιόνος