Ἡλιούπολις

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Ἡλιούπολις, πόλις Αἰγύπτου, ἣν ἔκτισεν Ἀκτὶς ὁ Ἡλίου [καὶ] Ῥόδης. Ἡρόδοτος δευτέρᾳ. ἔστι καὶ Θρᾴκης. καὶ τῆς Ἀρωματοφόρου, ἀπὸ τῆς Αἰγυπτίας. καὶ δʹ ἐν Σάρδεσι. καὶ ἡ Κόρινθος Ἡλιούπολις ἐλέγετο, εἶτα Πάγος, καὶ οὕτως Ἐφύρη. ἔστι καὶ ἐν Φοινίκῃ. ὁ πολίτης Ἡλιοπολίτης.

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Text Details

Entry#9
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 300.17 · Billerbeck Η9
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-10
Word count45

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἡρόδοτος (Herodotus)β (2,3,1)
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
Ἡλιού πόλιςHeliopolis (city of Helios) · place
ΑἴγυπτοςEgypt · place
ἈκτίςActis · person
ἭλιοςHelios · deity
Ῥόδη/ῬόδοςRhodos (Rhodes) · place
ΘρᾴκηThrace/Thracians · people
ΣάρδειςSardis · place
ΚόρινθοςCorinth · place
ΠάγοςPagos (the hill) · place
ἘφύρηEphyra · place
ΦοινίκηPhoenicia · place
ἩλιοπολίτηςHeliopolite (citizen of Heliopolis) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Person'Heliopolis' — literally 'city of Helios' (city named for the god Helios)
Eponym Persona city of Egypt, which Actis (son of Helios, and Rhode) founded
Place Transferand (called) Aromatophoros, from the Egyptian (i.e. deriving the name from the Egyptian / from Egypt)
Unclear Metalinguisticand Corinth was called 'Heliopolis', then 'Pagos', and thus 'Ephyra' (statement of former names)
Morphological Compositionthe citizen (of Heliopolis) is called 'Heliopolites' (demonym)

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Herodian overlaps

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Herodian 1.93
char LCS 100 (47.4%) · word LCS 18 (42.9%)
Stephanos
Ἡλιούπολις, πόλις Αἰγύπτου, ἣν ἔκτισεν Ἀκτὶς ὁ Ἡλίου [καὶ] Ῥόδης. Ἡρόδοτος δευτέρᾳ. ἔστι καὶ Θρᾴκης. καὶ τῆς Ἀρωματοφόρου, ἀπὸ τῆς Αἰγυπτίας. καὶ δʹ ἐν Σάρδεσι. καὶ ἡ Κόρινθος Ἡλιούπολις ἐλέγετο, εἶτα Πάγος, καὶ οὕτως Ἐφύρη. ἔστι καὶ ἐν Φοινίκῃ. ὁ πολίτης Ἡλιοπολίτης.
Herodian
…ῃ, ἐλεύθερος γίνεται κἂν ξένος ᾖ». Ἑλληνόπολις πόλις Βιθυνίας. Ἀπολλόδωρος «Ἄτταλος ἐκ τῶν Ἑλληνίδων πόλεων οἰκήτορας συναγαγὼν ἔκτισε πόλιν καὶ ὠνόμασεν αὐτὴν Ἑλληνόπολιν». Ζυγόπολις παρὰ Τραπεζοῦντα. Στράβων δωδεκάτῃ. Ἡλιούπολις, πόλις Αἰγύπτου, ἣν ἔκτισεν Ἀκτὶς ὁ Ἡλίου καὶ Ῥόδης. Ἡρόδοτος δευτέρᾳ (c. 3). ἔστι καὶ Θρᾴκης. καὶ τῆς Ἀρωματοφόρου ἄποικος τῆς Αἰγυπτίας. καὶ δʹ ἐν Σάρδεσι. καὶ ἡ Κόρινθος Ἡλιούπολις ἐλέγετο· ἔστι καὶ ἐν Φοινίκῃ. Θεόπολις ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ. Κνωπούπολις· οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο Ἐρυθραί πόλις Ἰώνων ἀπὸ Κνώπου. Καρόπολις πόλις Καρίας. Ἀλέξανδρος Καρικῶν π…

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