Εὐρώπη - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #171
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 287.8 | Billerbeck: Ε171
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-09
Word count: 45
Sources: Σοφοκλῆς (Sophocles) fr. 39 Radt [Αἰχμαλώτισι], Εὐριπίδης (Euripides) fr. 381 Kannicht = fr. 1 Jouan/van Looy [Θησεῖ]
Entities: Εὐρώπη (Europa / Europe) [place], Φοῖνιξ (Phoenix) [person], Ἀγήνωρ (Agenor) [person], Εὐρώπεια (Europa (variant)) [place], Εὐρωπία (Europa (variant)) [place], Αἰχμαλῶτις (Aichmalotis (Captives)) [other], Θησεὺς (Theseus (play)) [other], Εὐρωπία (Europa (gen.)) [place], Εὐρωπαῖος (European (inhabitant)) [people], Εὐρωπὶς (Europis (variant)) [person]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: the land, (named) from the Phoenician daughter or (from) Agenor's daughter.; Morphological Composition: it is also called Europëa, and by the addition of i (form) Europia according to Sophocles.; Morphological Composition: the inhabitant 'Europaios', and (the name) feminine and neuter, and 'Europis'.
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Εὐρώπη, ἡ χώρα, ἐκ τῆς Φοίνικος θυγατρὸς [ἢ] τοῦ Ἀγήνορος. λέγεται καὶ Εὐρώπεια καὶ διὰ τοῦ « ι » Εὐρωπία παρὰ Σοφοκλεῖ Αἰχμαλώτισι “καὶ νησιώτας καὶ μακρὰς Εὐρωπίας”. καὶ Εὐριπίδης ἐν Θησεῖ “σχεδὸν παρ´ αὐτοῖς κρασπέδοις Εὐρωπίας”. ὁ οἰκῶν Εὐρωπαῖος, καὶ θηλυκὸν καὶ οὐδέτερον, καὶ Εὐρωπίς.

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char LCS 123 (53.7%) · word LCS 22 (50.0%)

Stephanos

Εὐρώπη, ἡ χώρα, ἐκ τῆς Φοίνικος θυγατρὸς [ἢ] τοῦ Ἀγήνορος. λέγεται καὶ Εὐρώπεια καὶ διὰ τοῦ « ι » Εὐρωπία παρὰ Σοφοκλεῖ Αἰχμαλώτισι “καὶ νησιώτας καὶ μακρὰς Εὐρωπίας”. καὶ Εὐριπίδης ἐν Θησεῖ “σχεδὸν παρ´ αὐτοῖς κρασπέδοις Εὐρωπίας”. ὁ οἰκῶν Εὐρωπαῖος, καὶ θηλυκὸν καὶ οὐδέτερον, καὶ Εὐρωπίς.

Herodian

…ίσμα Κρητίνου καὶ Κῴου, ὥς φησι Φλέγων. Εὐρώπη ἡ χώρα ἐκ τῆς Φοίνικος θυγατρὸς ἢ τοῦ Ἀγήνορος. λέγεται καὶ Εὐρώπεια ὡς Ὑψιπύλη Ὑψιπύλεια, Ἀπάμη Ἀπάμεια, Πηνελόπη Πηνελόπεια, Λαοδίκη Λαοδίκεια, ἐρήμη ἐρήμεια, κολώνη κολώνεια. καὶ διὰ τοῦ 'ι' Εὐρωπία παρὰ Σοφοκλεῖ Αἰχμαλώτισι »καὶ νησιώτας καὶ μακρᾶς Εὐρωπίας«. καὶ Εὐριπίδης ἐν Θησεῖ »σχεδὸν παρ´ αὐτοῖς κρασπέδοις Εὐρωπίας«. Κερκώπη. Μετώπη ὁ ποταμός. Κασώπη πόλις ἐν Μολοσσοῖς δι´ ἑνὸς 'σ'. Κωνώπη πόλις Ἀκαρνανίας. Πολύβιος πέμπτῳ. Νησώπη πόλις Λέσβου ἡ τὸν Σίγριον λιμένα ποιοῦσα. Ἐπώπη ἡ Ἀκροκόρινθος διὰ τὸ Σίσυφον ἐντεῦθεν ἐπιδεῖν τὴν τ…