Ἡφαίστου νῆσοι

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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All Letters / Η Eta / Ἡφαίστου νῆσοι
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island
Ἡφαίστου νῆσοι, τῆς Ἀδιαβηνῆς. Ἀρριανὸς ιγʹ Παρθικῶν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἡφαιστονησιώτης.

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Text Details

Entry#30
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 305.16 · Billerbeck Η30
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count10

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἀρριανός (Arrian)Παρθικῶν · FGrHist 156 F 44
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ἭφαιστοςHephaestus · deity
ἈδιαβηνήAdiabene · place
ἩφαιστονησιώτηςHephaestus-islander (ethnic name) · other
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
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.

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC