Ἐλιμία

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Ἐλιμία, πόλις Μακεδονίας, Στράβων ἑβδόμῳ. ἀπὸ Ἐλύμου τοῦ ἥρωος ἢ ἀπὸ Ἑλένου ἢ ἀπὸ Ἐλύμα τοῦ Τυρρηνῶν βασιλέως. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἐλιμιώτης. Ἀλέξανδρος δ´ ἐν Εὐρώπῃ Ἐλίμειον φησί, διὰ μακροῦ τὴν « μει » συλλαβήν, τὴν δὲ « λι » διὰ βραχέος τοῦ « ι ».

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Text Details

Entry	#57
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 267.5 · Billerbeck Ε57
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-09
Word count	39

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)	ζ (7,7,8 [C 326,20])
Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander)	Εὐρώπῃ · (SH 26)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἐλιμία	Elimia (Elimeia) · place
Μακεδονία	Macedonia · place
Ἐλύμος	Elymus · person
Ἑλένη	Helen · person
Ἐλύμα	Elyma · person
Τυρρηνοί	Tyrrhenians (Etruscans) · people
Ἐλιμιώτης	Elimiotēs / inhabitant of Elimia · people
Εὐρώπη	Europe · place
Ἐλίμειον	Elimeion (variant of Elimia) · place

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	from Elymus the hero (named after Elymus, the hero)
Eponym Person	or from Helen (named after Helen)
Eponym Person	or from Elymas, king of the Tyrrhenians (named after Elymas, king of the Tyrrhenians)
Unclear Metalinguistic	Alexander in 'Europe' says 'Elimeion', because the syllable 'mei' is long and 'li' is short owing to the short i (an explanation of the form/pronunciation).

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Place links	Elimiotis \| 📍 Map
Page scans	vol2_171.jpg
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