Ἑρχιά - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἑρχιά OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

village

Entry #138
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 282.8 | Billerbeck: Ε138
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-09
Word count: 30
Entities: Ἑρχιά (Erchia (deme)) [place], Ἀττική (Attica) [place], Αἰγηΐς (Aigeis (phyle)) [people], Ἑρχιός (Erchios (personal name)) [person], Δημήτηρ (Demeter) [deity], Ἑρχιᾶς (Erchians) [people], Ἑρχιεὺς (Erchieus (citizen of Erchia)) [person], Ἰσοκράτης (Isocrates) [person], Ἑρχιεὺς (Erchieus (citizen of Erchia)) [person], Ἑρχιᾶθεν ((local form) from Erchia) [place], Ἑρχιᾶζε ((local form) Erchiaze) [place], Ἑρχιᾶσιν ((local form) Erchiasin) [place]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: From Erchius, who hosted/entertained Demeter.; Unclear Metalinguistic: They say 'Ἑρχιᾶς' is pronounced as three syllables.; Morphological Composition: The deme-member (demonym) is Ἑρχιεύς. And Isocrates was an Ἑρχιεὺς.; Morphological Composition: The local/place-form (topicals) are Ἑρχιᾶθεν, Ἑρχιᾶζε, and Ἑρχιᾶσιν.
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Ἑρχιά, δῆμος τῆς Ἀττικῆς, τῆς Αἰγηίδος φυλῆς, ἀπὸ Ἑρχίου τοῦ ξενίσαντος Δήμητραν. τρισυλλάβως δὲ τοὺς Ἑρχιᾶς φασιν. ὁ δημότης Ἑρχιεύς. καὶ Ἰσοκράτης Ἑρχιεὺς ἦν. τὰ τοπικὰ Ἑρχιᾶθεν Ἑρχιᾶζε καὶ Ἑρχιᾶσιν.

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Stephanos

Ἑρχιά, δῆμος τῆς Ἀττικῆς, τῆς Αἰγηίδος φυλῆς, ἀπὸ Ἑρχίου τοῦ ξενίσαντος Δήμητραν. τρισυλλάβως δὲ τοὺς Ἑρχιᾶς φασιν. ὁ δημότης Ἑρχιεύς. καὶ Ἰσοκράτης Ἑρχιεὺς ἦν. τὰ τοπικὰ Ἑρχιᾶθεν Ἑρχιᾶζε καὶ Ἑρχιᾶσιν.

Herodian

τῆς Ἱπποθοωντίδος φυλῆς, Ἑρχιά δῆμος τῆς Αἰγηΐδος φυλῆς ἀπὸ Ἑρχίου τοῦ ξενίσαντος Δήμητραν, Κρωπιά δῆμος τῆς Λεοντίδος φυλῆς, Ἀνδροτίων δὲ Κρῶπάς φησι τὸν δῆμον, Λακιά δῆμος τῆς Οἰνηΐδος φυλῆς, Αἰγιλιά δῆμος τῆς Ἀντιοχίδος φυλῆς, ὀνόματα δήμων ὀξύνεται, μεθ´ ὧν καὶ Κωπιαί, ὡς ὕστερον Θούριοι πόλις Ἰταλίας ἐκα…