Entry #30 Greek source: meineke Meineke: 305.16 | Billerbeck: Η30 OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11 Word count: 10 Sources: Ἀρριανός (Arrian) FGrHist 156 F 44 [Παρθικῶν] Entities: Ἥφαιστος (Hephaestus) [deity], Ἀδιαβηνή (Adiabene) [place], Ἡφαιστονησιώτης (Hephaestus-islander (ethnic name)) [other] Etymologies: Eponym Person: 'Islands of Hephaestus' — the islands are named from (the god) Hephaestus; the ethnicon (demonym) is Ἡφαιστοννησιώτης (Hephaistonnesiōtēs).; Unclear Metalinguistic: 'of Adiabene' — reference to the region Adiabene; the context indicates an association but offers no clear explanatory derivation of the place-name. Source: vol2_255.jpg Edit