Ἥραια - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἥραια, ἄκρα οὕτω λεγομένη καταντικρὺ Καλχηδόνος. ταύτην δ´ ἐν τῇ συνηθείᾳ Ἠερίαν φασί τινες, κακῶς. ἄλλοι δὲ Ἤριον μυθοποιοῦντες ὡς ἐκεῖσε ὀρύξαντες τάφους χύτρας εὗρον καὶ ὀστᾶ. πειστέον δὲ μᾶλλον τῷ Βιθυνῷ Δημοσθένει ἐν τῷ δʹ βιβλίῳ ἔστι δέ [τις] προπάροιθε κλυτῆς Καλχηδόνος ἄκρη Ἥραια, τρήχουσα, πολυσπιλάς. ἔνδοθι δ´ αὐτῆς λαΐνεον περὶ τεῖχος ἰὼν κοιλαίνεται εἴσω κόλπος ἁλός· φαίης κεν ἰδὼν βαθυδινέα πάντῃ ἔμμεναι, εἱαμενὴ δὲ καὶ οὐ βυθός ἐστι θαλάσσης. ἔνθα τε νῆας ἦγον, ὀιόμενοι σκέπας εἶναι αὐτοφυοῦς ὅρμοιο, κακῷ δ´ ἐνέκυρσαν ἑτοίμῳ. καὶ ἄλλοι οὕτως. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἣ ἐλέγετο Σολογοργός· κεῖται δὲ κατὰ Μεσσήνην πρὸς Πελοπόννησον. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἡραιεύς. λέγεται καὶ χωρὶς τοῦ « ι » ὡς Νικαεύς.

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Text Details

Entry	#18
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 302.18
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-10
Word count	110

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Δημοσθένης (Demosthenes (the Bithynian))	FGrHist 699 F 5 = fr. 4 Powell

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἡραία	Heraia · place
Καλχηδών	Chalcedon · place
Ἱερά	Hiera · place
Ἤριον	Erion · place
Βιθυνία	Bithynia / Bithynian · place
Ἀρκαδία	Arcadia · place · corrected · Q12898802
Σολογοργός	Sologorgos · place
Μεσσήνη	Messene · place · corrected · Q1022117
Πελοπόννησος	Peloponnese · place
Ἡραιεύς	Heraean (demonym) · people
Νικαεύς	Nikaeus (demonym) · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Some in common usage call this 'Hieria,' incorrectly.
Folk Etymology Narrative	Others (call it) 'Herion,' inventing a myth that when they dug graves there they found pots and bones.
Unclear Metalinguistic	'Heraia' — a headland so called opposite Chalchedon.
Unclear Metalinguistic	There is also a city in Arcadia which was called 'Sologorgos.'
Unclear Metalinguistic	The ethnicon is 'Heraieus.' It is also said without the iota as 'Nikaeus.'

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (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
Formula	X (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
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 · 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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
Formula	Χ (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
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 1.272

char LCS 380 (66.3%) · word LCS 73 (66.4%)

Stephanos

Ἥραια, ἄκρα οὕτω λεγομένη καταντικρὺ Καλχηδόνος. ταύτην δ´ ἐν τῇ συνηθείᾳ Ἠερίαν φασί τινες, κακῶς. ἄλλοι δὲ Ἤριον μυθοποιοῦντες ὡς ἐκεῖσε ὀρύξαντες τάφους χύτρας εὗρον καὶ ὀστᾶ. πειστέον δὲ μᾶλλον τῷ Βιθυνῷ Δημοσθένει ἐν τῷ δʹ βιβλίῳ ἔστι δέ [τις] προπάροιθε κλυτῆς Καλχηδόνος ἄκρη Ἥραια, τρήχουσα, πολυσπιλάς. ἔνδοθι δ´ αὐτῆς λαΐνεον περὶ τεῖχος ἰὼν κοιλαίνεται εἴσω κόλπος ἁλός· φαίης κεν ἰδὼν βαθυδινέα πάντῃ ἔμμεναι, εἱαμενὴ δὲ καὶ οὐ βυθός ἐστι θαλάσσης. ἔνθα τε νῆας ἦγον, ὀιόμενοι σκέπας εἶναι αὐτοφυοῦς ὅρμοιο, κακῷ δ´ ἐνέκυρσαν ἑτοίμῳ. καὶ ἄλλοι οὕτως. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἣ ἐλέγετο Σολογοργός· κεῖται δὲ κατὰ Μεσσήνην πρὸς Πελοπόννησον. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἡραιεύς. λέγεται καὶ χωρὶς τοῦ « ι » ὡς Νικαεύς.

Herodian

… λέγεται, Ἄφθαια πόλις Αἰγύπτου, Ἀφθαία δὲ ἡ Ἑκάτη, Φάσταια πόλις ἐν Σάκαις, Δέραια πόλις Ἀρκαδίας. Ἥραια ἄκρα καταντικρὺ Καλχηδόνος· ταύτην δ´ ἐν συνηθείᾳ Ἠερίαν φασί τινες, κακῶς. ἄλλοι δὲ Ἤριον, μυθοποιοῦντες ὡς ἐκεῖ ὀρύξαντες τάφους χύτρας εὗρον καὶ ὀστᾶ. πειστέον δὲ μᾶλλον τῷ Βιθυνῷ Δημοσθένει ἐν τῷ δʹ βιβλίῳ ἔστι δέ τις προπάροιθε κλυτῆς Καλχηδόνος ἄκρη Ἥραια, τρήχουσα, πολυσπιλάς. ἔνδοθι δ´ αὐτῆς λαΐνεον περὶ τεῖχος ἰὼν κοιλαίνεται εἴσω κόλπος ἁλός· φαίης κεν ἰδὼν βαθυδινέα πάντῃ ἔμμεναι, εἱαμενὴ δὲ καὶ οὐ βυθός ἐστι θαλάσσης. ἔνθα τε νῆας ἦγον, ὀϊόμενοι σκέπας εἶναι αὐτοφυοῦς ὅρμοιο, κακῷ δ´ ἐνέκυρσαν ἑτοίμῳ. καὶ ἄλλοι οὕτως. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἣ ἐλέγετο Σολογοργός. Ἡραία δὲ καλεῖται ἡ ἐλάττων τῶν τριῶν πόλεων Σικελίας, αἳ Ὕβλαι λέγονται. Κάθαια πόλις Ἰνδική. Κυναίθαια πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἣ καὶ Κύναιθα λέγεται. Λύκαια πόλις Ἀρκαδίας. Θεόπομπος πεντηκοστῷ ἕκτῳ. παρὰ δὲ Μενελάῳ Λύκαιθα …