Ἑρχιά - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἑρχιά OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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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.

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry	#138
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 282.8
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-09
Word count	30

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἑρχιά	Erchia (deme) · place · corrected · Q13415440
Ἀττική	Attica · place · corrected · Q122443
Αἰγηΐς	Aigeis (phyle) · people
Ἑρχιός	Erchios (personal name) · person
Δημήτηρ	Demeter · deity
Ἑρχιᾶς	Erchians · people · corrected · Q13502175
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
Herchia in Attica	place · deme · Attica · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
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.

Links

Place links	Erchia \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_203.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.291

char LCS 47 (28.7%) · word LCS 8 (26.7%)

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…