Ἡμίκυνες

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Ἡμίκυνες, ἔθνος οὐ πόρρω Μασσαγετῶν καὶ Ὑπερβορέων. [Σιμμίας] ἐν Ἀπόλλωνι Ἡμικύνων τ´ ἐνόησα [γένος] περιώσιον ἀνδρῶν, τοῖς ὤμων καθύπερθεν ἐυστρεφέων κύνεος κράς τέτραφε γαμφηλῇσι περικρατέεσσιν ἐρυμνός. τῶν μέν θ´ ὥστε κυνῶν ὑλακὴ πέλει, οὐδέ τι τοίγε ἄλλων ἀγνώσσουσι βροτῶν ὀνομάκλυτον αὐδήν. καὶ Ἡσίοδος.

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Text Details

Entry#14
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 302.3
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-10
Word count43

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Σιμμίας (Simmias)Ἀπόλλωνι · fr. 1 Powell = fr. 1 Fränkel
Ἡσίοδος (Hesiod)fr. 153 Merkelbach/West
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ἩμίκυνεςHemicyones · people · corrected · Q137940905
ΜασσαγέταιMassagetae · people · corrected · Q379821
ὙπερβόρειοιHyperboreans · people
ἈπόλλωνApollon (work title) · other
Ἡμίκυνεςplace · explicit · wikidata: Q137940905 · seeded_headword_alignment
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological CompositionThe ethnonym Ἡμίκυνες implies ‘half-dogs’ (ἡμι- + κύων). The poetic description treats them as doglike—‘their barking is that of dogs, and they do not know the famed voice of other mortals’—thus explaining the name by their doglike characteristics.

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME)
formula:5e7f1861601f28d1
Translate as "X, book Y in his *Z*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME)
formula:c795eaabedf9a542
Translate as "Χ, in his *Y*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaτὸ 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
FormulaΧ (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME)
formula:c22408ee90fd1a1e
Translate as "X, in book Y of his *Z*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.22
char LCS 254 (100.0%) · word LCS 43 (100.0%)
Stephanos
Ἡμίκυνες, ἔθνος οὐ πόρρω Μασσαγετῶν καὶ Ὑπερβορέων. [Σιμμίας] ἐν Ἀπόλλωνι Ἡμικύνων τ´ ἐνόησα [γένος] περιώσιον ἀνδρῶν, τοῖς ὤμων καθύπερθεν ἐυστρεφέων κύνεος κράς τέτραφε γαμφηλῇσι περικρατέεσσιν ἐρυμνός. τῶν μέν θ´ ὥστε κυνῶν ὑλακὴ πέλει, οὐδέ τι τοίγε ἄλλων ἀγνώσσουσι βροτῶν ὀνομάκλυτον αὐδήν. καὶ Ἡσίοδος.
Herodian
…ουκυδίδης δὲ τρίτῃ ( 101) Μυονέας αὐτούς φησι. Τὰ εἰς 'υων' ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβὰς καὶ βαρύνεται καὶ ὀξύνεται. καὶ βαρύνεται μὲν ὅσα κλίνεται διὰ τοῦ 'ω', μὴ συμπίπτοντα πόλεσιν ὡς ἔχει Ἀμφιτρύων, Ἠλεκτρύων, Ἰχθύων, Ἡμικύων, Ἡμίκυνες ἔθνος οὐ πόρρω Μασσαγετῶν καὶ Ὑπερβορέων. Σιμμίας ἐν Ἀπόλλωνι Ἡμικύνων τ´ ἐνόησα γένος περιώσιον ἀνδρῶν, τοῖς ὤμων καθύπερθεν ἐϋστρεφέων κύνεος κράς τέτραφε γαμφηλῇσι περικρατέεσσιν ἐρυμνός. τῶν μέν θ´ ὥστε κυνῶν ὑλακὴ πέλει, οὐδέ τι τοίγε ἄλλων ἀγνώσσουσι βροτῶν ὀνομάκλυτον αὐδήν. καὶ Ἡσίοδος· τὸ δὲ Σικυών ὀξύνεται· ἔστι δὲ πόλις Πελοποννήσου καὶ ὁ κτιστὴς ὁμοφώνως. ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ Κρεμμυών κώμη Κορίνθου. Εὔδοξος ἐν ἕκτῳ γῆς περιόδου. καὶ Κρομμυών πόλις Λιβύης. Ἑκαταῖος. Τὰ μέντοι κατὰ γενικὴν τρέποντα τὸ 'ω'…

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