Ζῆλα - Stephanos Ethnika

Ζῆλα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Ζῆλα, τόπος Ἀρμενίας, [ἐν] ᾧ Ἀρτέμιδι Σάκαια [τελοῦσιν]. οὐδετέρως, Στράβων ιαʹ. ἔστι καὶ Ποντικὴ Ζῆλα λεγομένη καὶ αὐτὴ οὐδετέρως. ἔστι καὶ Ζήιλα τρισυλλάβως, πόλις Καππαδοκίας, ἣν ἔκτισεν ὁ Νικομήδους υἱὸς Ζηίλας. ὁ πολίτης Ζηλίτης.

Zela: a place in Armenia, [in] which they [celebrate] the Sakaia for Artemis. It is neuter; Strabo, book 11. There is also a Pontic place called Zela, likewise neuter. There is also Zeila, pronounced trisyllabically, a city in Kappadokia, founded by Zeilas son of Nikomedes. A citizen is a 'Zelites'.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#19
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 296.6
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-10
Word count	34
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)	ια (11,8,4 [C 512,7])

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ζῆλα	Zela · place · corrected · Q9098746
Ἀρμενία	Armenia · place · corrected · Q1423867
Ἄρτεμις	Artemis · deity
Σάκαια	Sakaia (epithet) · deity · corrected · Q137940725
Ποντικὴ Ζῆλα	Pontic Zela · place
Ζίηλα	Ziēla / Ziela · place
Καππαδοκία	Cappadocia · place · corrected · Q217265
Νικομήδης	Nicomedes · person
Ζιήλας	Zielas · person
Ζηλίτης	Zelites (demonym) · people
Zêla in Armenia	place · place · Armenia · explicit · unresolved
Pontic Zêla	place · place · Pontus · explicit · unresolved
Zêila in Cappadocia	place · city · Cappadocia · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	There is also Ziēla (three-syllabled), a city of Cappadocia, which was founded by Ziēlas, son of Nicomedes.
Place Transfer	called Pontic Zēla (i.e. the Zēla of Pontus).
Unclear Metalinguistic	Zēla: a place of Armenia, where they perform rites to Artemis Sakaia. (The origin is uncertain.)
Morphological Composition	the citizen (of Zēla) is called Zēlītēs.

Links

Place links	Zile \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_233.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS 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 · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" 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 1.378

char LCS 52 (28.0%) · word LCS 10 (29.4%)

Stephanos

Ζῆλα, τόπος Ἀρμενίας, [ἐν] ᾧ Ἀρτέμιδι Σάκαια [τελοῦσιν]. οὐδετέρως, Στράβων ιαʹ. ἔστι καὶ Ποντικὴ Ζῆλα λεγομένη καὶ αὐτὴ οὐδετέρως. ἔστι καὶ Ζήιλα τρισυλλάβως, πόλις Καππαδοκίας, ἣν ἔκτισεν ὁ Νικομήδους υἱὸς Ζηίλας. ὁ πολίτης Ζηλίτης.

Herodian

…ύσῃ βασιλικὰ λεγόμενα, τὰ δὲ ἐν Καππαδοκίᾳ, τὰ δὲ ἐν Συρίᾳ, τὰ δὲ Δορυλαείου. Νίψα πόλις Θρᾴκης. προπερισπᾶται δὲ ταῦτα, σῦκον, φῦλον τὸ γένος ἀπὸ τῆς φυλῆς ἢ ἀφ´ οὗ ἡ φυλή, κῶλον, κῆλον, μῆλον, κῦλον. Ζῆλα τόπος Ἀρμενίας. Στράβων ιαʹ. ἔστι καὶ Ποντικὴ Ζῆλα λεγομένη καὶ αὐτὴ οὐδετέρως. Σοῦσα πόλις ἐπίσημος Περσική, Μέμνονος κτίσμα. κέκληται δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν κρίνων, ἃ πολλὰ ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ πεφύκει ἐκείνῃ, σοῦσόν τε αὐτὸ καλοῦσιν οἱ βάρβαροι. Τὰ δὲ μεταβολὴν γένους πεπονθότα ὀξύτονα ὀξύνεται, χαλινός χαλινόν, ζυγ…