Ἔρυξ

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Ἔρυξ OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Entry #135
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 281.3 | Billerbeck: Ε135
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count: 20
Entities: Ἔρυξ (Eryx) [place], Ἔρυξ (Eryx (hero)) [person], Σικελία (Sicily) [place], Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodite) [deity], Βύτος (Bytos (Bytus)) [person], Ἐρυκῖνος (Erycinos (demonym)) [people], Ἐρυκίνη (Erycine (epithet)) [deity], Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodite) [deity], Ῥώμη (Rome) [place]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: (masculine) named from Eryx, [the figure] of Aphrodite and Bytus — i.e., the city is named after Eryx, son of Aphrodite and Bytus.; Morphological Composition: The ethnicon (demonym) is Ἐρυκῖνος (Erycinos/Erykinos).; Morphological Composition: And 'Erycine Aphrodite' in Rome and Sicily (the epithet Ἐρυκίνη of Aphrodite derived from Eryx).
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Ἔρυξ, πόλις Σικελίας. ἀρσενικῶς, ἀπὸ Ἔρυκος τοῦ Ἀφροδίτης καὶ Βύτου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἐρυκῖνος. καὶ Ἐρυκίνη Ἀφροδίτη ἐν Ῥώμῃ καὶ Σικελίᾳ.
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