Ἐρυσίχη - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἐρυσίχη, πόλις Ἀκαρνανίας, ἥ τις ὕστερον Οἰνιάδαι ὠνομάσθη. καὶ τινὲς δὲ τὴν χώραν τῶν Οἰνιαδῶν πᾶσαν Ἐρυσίχην ὠνόμασαν ἀπὸ Ἐρυσίχης τῆς Ἀχελῴου θυγατρός. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἐρυσιχαῖος, περὶ οὗ πολὺς λόγος τοῖς ἀρχαίοις. ὁ τεχνικὸς γὰρ καὶ Ἡρωδιανός φασιν ὅτι σεσημείωται τὸ Ἐρυσίχαιος προπαροξυνόμενον ἐν τοῖς ἐθνικοῖς. μήποτε οὖν τὸ χαῖον ἐγκεῖσθαι, ὅ ἐστιν ἡ βουκολικὴ ῥάβδος, καὶ τὸν ἐρύσω μέλλοντα. διχῶς οὖν ἔσται, ὥς ἐστι δῆλον παρ´ Ἀλκμᾶνι ἐν ἀρχῇ τοῦ δευτέρου τῶν παρθενείων ᾀσμάτων· φησὶ γάρ οὐκ ἦς ἀνὴρ ἄγροικος οὐδέ σκαιὸς οὐδὲ παρὰ σοφοῖσιν, οὐδὲ Θεσσαλὸς γένος, οὐδ´ Ἐρυσιχαῖος [οὐδὲ ποιμήν]. εἰ γὰρ τῷ “Θεσσαλὸς γένος” συναπτέον, ἐθνικόν ἐστι καὶ προπερισπάσθω· Ἡρωδιανὸς ἐν ταῖς καθόλου προσῳδίαις καὶ Πτολεμαῖος ἔφη· εἰ δὲ τῷ “οὐδὲ ποιμὴν” συνάψειέ τις λέγων ἢ “ἐρυσιχαῖος τὸ οὐδὲ ποιμήν”, πρόδηλον ὡς προπαροξυνθήσεται καὶ δηλοῖ τὸν βουκόλον ἢ τὸν αἰπόλον, πρὸς ὃ τὸ ποιμὴν ἁρμόδιον ἐπαχθήσεται. ὁ πολίτης Ἐρυσιχαῖος, οὗ θηλυκὸν Ἐρυσιχίς. τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς χώρας.

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Text Details

Entry	#137
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 281.10 · Billerbeck Ε137
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count	150

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἀλκμάν (Alcman)	Παρθενείων ᾀσμάτων · fr. 8 Calame = PMGF fr. 16
Ἡρόδοτος (Herodotus)	Hdn. 2,874,9
Ἡρωδιανός (Herodian (Herodianus))	Καθόλου προσῳδίαις · 1,131,7
Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy))	p. 65 Baege

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἐρυσίχη	Erysichē · place
Ἀκαρνανία	Acarnania · place
Οἰνιάδαι	Oeniadai (Oeniadae) · people
Ἀχελῴος	Achelous · deity
Ἐρυσιχαῖος	Erysichaeus (demonym) · people
Ἐρυσιχίς	Erysichis · person
Θεσσαλός	Thessalian (Thessalian people) · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	And some called the whole land of the Oiniadai Erysichē from Erysichē, daughter of Achelōos.
Unclear Metalinguistic	Which later was named Oiniadai.
Morphological Composition	Perhaps that 'chaion' is inserted, which is the pastoral staff, and the [element] 'erysō' in the future [form]. (i.e. the name formed from elements meaning the pastoral-staff + 'to drag/drive' or similar).
Folk Etymology Narrative	For he says 'there was not a man ... nor Thessalian stock, nor Erysichaios <nor shepherd>'. If one joins the phrase 'nor shepherd' to 'Erysichaios', it is clear that it will become proparoxytone and indicates the bucolos or goat-herder, to which 'shepherd' is appropriate. (an interpretive/folk explanation linking the name to pastoral figures).

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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.131

char LCS 142 (18.0%) · word LCS 29 (19.1%)

Stephanos

…, περὶ οὗ πολὺς λόγος τοῖς ἀρχαίοις. ὁ τεχνικὸς γὰρ καὶ Ἡρωδιανός φασιν ὅτι σεσημείωται τὸ Ἐρυσίχαιος προπαροξυνόμενον ἐν τοῖς ἐθνικοῖς. μήποτε οὖν τὸ χαῖον ἐγκεῖσθαι, ὅ ἐστιν ἡ βουκολικὴ ῥάβδος, καὶ τὸν ἐρύσω μέλλοντα. διχῶς οὖν ἔσται, ὥς ἐστι δῆλον παρ´ Ἀλκμᾶνι ἐν ἀρχῇ τοῦ δευτέρου τῶν παρθενείων ᾀσμάτων· φησὶ γάρ οὐκ ἦς ἀνὴρ ἄγροικος οὐδέ σκαιὸς οὐδὲ παρὰ σοφοῖσιν, οὐδὲ Θεσσαλὸς γένος, οὐδ´ Ἐρυσιχαῖος [οὐδὲ ποιμήν]. εἰ γὰρ τῷ “Θεσσαλὸς γένος” συναπτέον, ἐθνικόν ἐστι καὶ προπερισπάσθω· Ἡρωδιανὸς ἐν ταῖς καθόλου προσῳδίαις καὶ Πτολεμαῖος ἔφη· εἰ δὲ τῷ “οὐδὲ ποιμὴν” συνάψειέ τις λέγων ἢ “ἐρυσιχαῖος τὸ οὐδὲ ποιμ…

Herodian

προπαροξυνόμενον. ἀλλὰ μήποτε τὸ χαῖον ἔγκειται, ὅ ἐστιν ἡ βουκολικὴ ῥάβδος, καὶ ὁ ἐρύσω μέλλων. διχῶς οὖν ἔσται, ὥς ἐστι δῆλον παρ´ Ἀλκμᾶνι ἐν ἀρχῇ τοῦ δευτέρου τῶν παρθενείων ᾀσμάτων. φησὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἦς ἀνὴρ ἄγροικος οὐδὲ σκαιὸς οὐδὲ παρὰ σοφοῖσιν, οὐδὲ Θεσσαλὸς γένος, οὐδὲ Ἐρυσιχαῖος οὐδὲ ποιμήν. εἰ γὰρ τῷ «Θεσσαλὸς γένος» συναπτέον, ἐθνικόν ἐστι καὶ προπερισπάσθω· εἰ δὲ τῷ «οὐδὲ ποιμήν» συνάψειέ τις λέγων «τὸ οὐδὲ ποιμήν ἢ ἐρυσίχαιος», πρόδηλον ὡς προπαροξυνθήσεται καὶ δηλοῖ τὸν βουκόλον…

Herodian 1.346

char LCS 129 (16.3%) · word LCS 18 (11.8%)

Stephanos

Ἐρυσίχη, πόλις Ἀκαρνανίας, ἥ τις ὕστερον Οἰνιάδαι ὠνομάσθη. καὶ τινὲς δὲ τὴν χώραν τῶν Οἰνιαδῶν πᾶσαν Ἐρυσίχην ὠνόμασαν ἀπὸ Ἐρυσίχης τῆς Ἀχελῴου θυγατρός. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἐρυσιχαῖος, περὶ οὗ πολὺς λόγος τοῖς ἀρχαίοις. ὁ τεχνικὸς γὰρ καὶ Ἡρωδιανός φασιν ὅτι σεσημείωται τὸ Ἐρυσίχαιος προπαροξυνόμενον ἐν τοῖς ἐθνικοῖς. μήποτε οὖν τὸ χαῖον ἐγκεῖσθαι, ὅ ἐστιν ἡ βουκολικὴ ῥάβδος, καὶ …

Herodian

…δικὴ κύριόν ἐστιν. Τὰ εἰς 'χη' παραληγόμενα 'ι' βαρύνεται, Δολίχη νῆσος πρὸς τῇ Λυκίᾳ, ὡς Καλλίμαχος. ἔστι καὶ Δολίχη πόλις τῆς Κομμαγηνῆς. δολιχή δὲ ἡ μακρά. μαστίχη, σαβαρίχη τὸ τῆς γυναικὸς αἰδοῖον, πυρρίχη, Μυστίχη. Ἐρυσίχη πόλις Ἀκαρνανίας, ἥτις ὕστερον Οἰνιάδαι ὠνομάσθη. καὶ τινὲς δὲ τὴν χώραν τῶν Οἰνιαδῶν πᾶσαν Ἐρυσίχην ὠνόμασαν ἀπὸ Ἐρυσίχης τῆς Ἀχελῴου θυγατρός. * Τὰ εἰς 'χη' ὑπερδισύλλαβα παραληγόμενα 'ο' σπάνια ὄντα βαρύνεται, οἷον Ἀστυόχη ἡ μήτηρ Τληπολέμου.