Ἑσπερίς

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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All Letters / Ε Epsilon / Ἑσπερίς
Ἑσπερίς OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Ἑσπερίς, πόλις Λιβύης, ἡ νῦν Βερενίκη· ὁ πολίτης Ἑσπερίτης. Καλλίμαχος ἐν τοῖς ἐπιγράμμασιν.

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Text Details

Entry#141
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 282.16 · Billerbeck Ε141
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-09
Word count13

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Καλλίμαχος (Callimachus)Ἐπιγράμμασιν · fr. 37,6 Pfeiffer
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ἙσπερίςHesperis · place
ΛιβύηLibya · place
ΒερενίκηBerenike (Berenice) · place
ἙσπερίτηςHesperite (citizen of Hesperis) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear MetalinguisticHesperis: a city of Libya, now (called) Berenice. The citizen (demonym) is Hesperites. Callimachus in the Epigrams.

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC