Ἐρυθραί - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #131
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 280.8 | Billerbeck: Ε131
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count: 40
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 228 [Ἀσίᾳ], Ναυκράτης (Naucrates), Ὅμηρος (Homer)
Entities: Ἐρυθραί (Erythrae) [place], Ἰῶνες (Ionians) [people], Κνωπούπολις (Knopoupolis) [place], Κνῶπος (Knopos) [person], Λιβύη (Libya) [place], Λοκρίς (Locris) [place], Βοιωτία (Boeotia) [place], Κύπρος (Cyprus) [place], Πάφος (Paphos) [place]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: It was called Knōpoupolis from Knōpos (i.e. named after Knōpos).
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Ἐρυθραί, πόλις Ἰώνων, Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Κνωπούπολις, ἀπὸ Κνώπου. ἔστι καὶ Λιβύης ἄλλη, καὶ ἄλλη Λοκρίδος. ἔστι καὶ Βοιωτίας, καὶ Κύπρου ἄλλη, ἡ νῦν Πάφος, ὁ πολίτης Ἐρυθραῖος. καὶ τοπικῶς Ἐρυθραίηθεν. ἐχρημάτιζε δὲ καὶ Ναυκράτης Ἐρυθραῖος, ὁ Ὅμηρον ὑπομνηματίσας.

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Herodian 1.265

char LCS 69 (31.5%) · word LCS 16 (40.0%)

Stephanos

Ἐρυθραί, πόλις Ἰώνων, Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Κνωπούπολις, ἀπὸ Κνώπου. ἔστι καὶ Λιβύης ἄλλη, καὶ ἄλλη Λοκρίδος. ἔστι καὶ Βοιωτίας, καὶ Κύπρου ἄλλη, ἡ νῦν Πάφος, ὁ πολίτης Ἐρυθραῖος. καὶ τοπικῶς Ἐρυθραίηθεν. ἐχρημάτιζε δὲ καὶ Ναυκράτης Ἐρυθραῖος, ὁ Ὅμηρον ὑπομνηματίσας.

Herodian

… (Β 498) καὶ σκολόπενδρα προπαροξυνόμενα καὶ συστέλλοντα τὸ 'α'. τὸ δὲ Ἐρυθρά ἡ θάλασσά ἐστιν ἐπιθετικόν. ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἄκρα Ἐρυθρά τῆς Λιβύης. ὡς Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἑβδόμῃ γεωγραφουμένων. καὶ Ἐρυθραί πόλις Ἰώνων. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. ἔστι καὶ Λιβύης ἄλλη καὶ ἄλλη Λοκρίδος. ἔστι καὶ Βοιωτίας καὶ Κύπρου ἄλλη ἡ νῦν Πάφος. τὸ δὲ Φαίδρα κύριον συνεξωμοιώθη τῷ Φαῖδρος ἀρσενικῷ· ὡσαύτως καὶ