Ζόαρα - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ζόαρα, πόλις Περσική. οἱ οἰκοῦντες Ζοαρᾶται. Διονύσιος καὶ Ζοάρους αὐτούς φησιν ἐν τρίτῳ Βασσαρικῶν. ἔστι καὶ κώμη μεγάλη ἢ φρούριον ἐν Παλαιστίνῃ ἐπὶ τῇ Ἀσφαλτίτιδι καλουμένῃ θαλάσσῃ Ζόαρα οὐδετέρως. δηλοῖ δὲ τῇ Ἑβραίων φωνῇ τὸ μικρόν. ὅπου ὁ Λὼτ ἔφυγε καὶ ἐσώθη ἀπὸ τῆς Σοδομιτικῆς ὀργῆς. οἱ πολῖται τοῦ χωρίου Ζοαρηνοί διὰ τὸν ἐγχώριον τύπον καὶ Ζοαρᾶται· οἱ γὰρ δύο τύποι Ἀράβιοι.

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Text Details

Entry	#25
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 297.3 · Billerbeck Ζ25
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-10
Word count	62

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Διονύσιος (Dionysius)	Βασσαρικῶν · fr. 9 Livrea = p. 61 Heitsch
Ζοᾶρος (Zoarus)	Βασσαρικῶν · fr. 9 Livrea = p. 61 Heitsch
Βασσαρικῶν ((title) Bassarikōn / Bassarica)	Βασσαρικῶν · fr. 9 Livrea = p. 61 Heitsch

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ζοάρα	Zoara · place
Ζοαραῖος	inhabitants of Zoara (Zoarans) · people
Παλαιστίνη	Palestine · place
Ἀσφαλτίτις	Asphaltite Sea (Dead Sea) · place
Ἑβραῖος	Hebrews (Hebrew) · people
Λώτ	Lot · person
Ζοαρηνός	inhabitants of Zoara (Zoarenoi) · people
Ἄραβες	Arabs · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Borrowing Non Greek	In the Hebrew tongue it denotes 'the small' (i.e. the name means 'the small' in Hebrew).
Borrowing Non Greek	The inhabitants of the village are called 'Zoarenoi' (and also 'Zoaratai') because of the local/indigenous form; for the two types are Arabic (i.e. the forms reflect Arabic/local pronunciation).

Links

Place links	Zoara \| 📍 Map
Page scans	vol2_235.jpg
Review	Open review page

Herodian overlaps

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Herodian 1.385

char LCS 54 (17.2%) · word LCS 11 (17.7%)

Stephanos

Ζόαρα, πόλις Περσική. οἱ οἰκοῦντες Ζοαρᾶται. Διονύσιος καὶ Ζοάρους αὐτούς φησιν ἐν τρίτῳ Βασσαρικῶν. ἔστι καὶ κώμη μεγάλη ἢ φρούριον ἐν Παλαιστίνῃ ἐπὶ τῇ Ἀσφαλτίτιδι καλουμένῃ θαλάσσῃ Ζόαρα οὐδετέρως. δηλοῖ δὲ τῇ Ἑβραίων φωνῇ τὸ μικρόν. ὅπου ὁ Λὼτ ἔφυγε καὶ ἐσώθη ἀπὸ τῆς Σοδομιτικῆς ὀργῆς. οἱ πολῖται τοῦ χωρίου Ζοαρηνοί διὰ τὸν ἐγχώριον τύπον καὶ Ζοαρᾶται· οἱ γὰρ δύο τύποι Ἀράβιοι.

Herodian

…ίας. Γίνδαρα κώμη πρὸς τῇ Ἀντιοχείᾳ. Δαύσαρα πόλις περὶ τὴν Ἔδεσσαν. Κύδραρα πόλις πρὸς τοὺς ὅρους τῶν Φρυγῶν καὶ Λυδῶν. Ἡρόδοτος ἑβδόμῃ (c. 30). Λάβαρα πόλις Καρίας. Ἀλέξανδρος δευτέρῳ περὶ Καρίας. Ζόαρα πόλις Περσική. ἔστι καὶ κώμη μεγάλη ἢ φρούριον ἐν Παλαιστίνῃ ἐπὶ τῇ Ἀσφαλτίτιδι θαλάσσῃ. Ὕκαρον φρούριον Σικελίας, ὡς Φίλιστος Σικελικῶν πρώτῳ. Ἀπολλόδωρος δ´ ἐν δευτέρῳ χρονικῶν πόλιν λέγει αὐτὴν τὰ Ὕκαρα. μέμνηται