Εὔτρησις - Stephanos Ethnika

Εὔτρησις OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

village

Εὔτρησις, κώμη [Βοιωτίας]. Ὅμηρος “Κώπας Εὔτρησίν τε”. κεῖται δὲ παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν ἐκ Θεσπιῶν εἰς Πλαταιὰς ἀπάγουσαν, ἣν ἐτείχισε Ζῆθος καὶ Ἀμφίων. ἐκλήθη δὲ Εὔτρησις διὰ τὸ πολλαῖς αὐτὴν πρότερον χρήσασθαι ῥύμαις, ὡς Ἐπαφρόδιτος. ὁ κωμήτης Εὐτρησίτης, ἀφ´ οὗ Ἀπόλλων Εὐτρησίτης· καὶ ἱερὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ μαντεῖον ἐνδοξότατον. τὸ γὰρ Εὐτρήσιοι πόλις Ἀρκαδίας καὶ οὐκ ἐθνικόν. ἔστι δὲ καὶ εἰς τόπον ἐπίρρημα Εὔτρησίνδε, ὡς Μενέλαος.

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Text Details

Entry	#174
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 287.21
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-09
Word count	66

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ὅμηρος (Homer)	Iliad · B 502
Ἐπαφρόδιτος (Epaphroditus)	fr. 19 Braswell = fr. 20 Lünzner
Μενέλαος (Menelaus)	SH 555 = FGrHist 384 F 4

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Εὔτρησις	Eutrēsis (Eutresis) · place · corrected · Q61300917
Βοιωτία	Boeotia · place · corrected · Q187570
Κῶπας	Kopas / Kopae · place · corrected · Q5168569
Θεσπιαί	Thespiae · place · corrected · Q1141295
Πλαταιαί	Plataea · place · corrected · Q742538
Ζῆθος	Zethus · person · corrected · Q196865
Ἀμφίων	Amphion · person · corrected · Q242835
Εὐτρησίτης	Eutrēsitis (inhabitant of Eutrēsis) · people
Ἀπόλλων	Apollo · deity · corrected · Q37340
Εὐτρήσιοι	Eutrēsioi (the Eutrēsian people) · people · corrected · Q61465857
Εὔτρησις	Eutrēsis (form: Εὐτρησίν) · place · corrected · Q61300917
Εὔτρησις	Eutrēsis (form: Εὐτρησίνδε) · place · corrected · Q61300917
Ἀρκαδία	Arcadia · place · corrected · Q12898802
Eutresis in Boeotia	place · village · Boeotia · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	And it was called Eutrēsis because it was formerly surrounded/protected by many defensive works (ramparts/fortifications).
Eponym Person	The villager (inhabitant) Eutrēsitis — from whom Apollo is called Eutrēsitis.

Links

Place links	Eutresis \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_217.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	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 1.120

char LCS 32 (9.3%) · word LCS 5 (7.7%)

Stephanos

…υσαν, ἣν ἐτείχισε Ζῆθος καὶ Ἀμφίων. ἐκλήθη δὲ Εὔτρησις διὰ τὸ πολλαῖς αὐτὴν πρότερον χρήσασθαι ῥύμαις, ὡς Ἐπαφρόδιτος. ὁ κωμήτης Εὐτρησίτης, ἀφ´ οὗ Ἀπόλλων Εὐτρησίτης· καὶ ἱερὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ μαντεῖον ἐνδοξότατον. τὸ γὰρ Εὐτρήσιοι πόλις Ἀρκαδίας καὶ οὐκ ἐθνικόν. ἔστι δὲ καὶ εἰς τόπον ἐπίρρημα Εὔτρησίνδε, ὡς Μενέλαος.

Herodian

…ς, Χερσονήσιος. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ «Ἀψινθίοισι πρὸς μεσημβρίην ὁμορέουσι Χερσονήσιοι», οὗ τὸ θηλυκὸν Εὐριπίδης «ὃς τὴν ἀρίστην Χερσονησίαν πλάκα» (Hec. 8). Φαγρήσιος, Ἀρήσιος, Βερήσιος, Ἀδρυμήσιος, Γαλλήσιος, Ἑλικήσιος. Εὐθρήσιοι πόλις Ἀρκαδίας καὶ οὐκ ἐθνικόν. Ἰθακήσιος, Καρπήσιος ἔθνος Ἰβηρικόν. Κορήσιος, Κρεμήσιος, Κρήσιος, Κυνήσιος, Λιθήσιος ὁ Ἀπόλλων ἐν τῷ Μαλέα λίθῳ προσιδρυμένος ἐκεῖ. Ῥιανὸς ἐν Ἠλιακῶν τρίτῳ. Μαραθήσιος, Μιλήσιος ὃ σεσημείωται ἐν τοπικοῖς, ὅτι ἐτράπη τ…