Θαυμακία - Stephanos Ethnika

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Θαυμακία, πόλις Μαγνησίας. Ὅμηρος “οἳ δ´ ἄρα Μηθώνην καὶ Θαυμακίην ἐνέμοντο”. ἀπὸ Θαυμάκου τοῦ Ποίαντος πατρός, ἀφ´ οὗ νῆσος. δευτέρα πόλις κατὰ τὸν Μαλιακὸν κόλπον. οἱ ἔνοικοι Θαυμακοί καὶ “Θαυμακίης ἱερὸν Ἀρτέμιδος”.

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Text Details

Entry	#9
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 307.3
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count	33

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ὅμηρος (Homer)	Iliad · Β 716
Καλλίμαχος (Callimachus)	fr. 800 Pfeiffer

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Θαυμακία	Thaumacia · place · corrected · Q105729945
Μαγνησία	Magnesia · place · corrected · Q60790367
Μηθώνη	Methone · place · corrected · Q16606679
Θαυμακία	Thaumacia · place · corrected · Q105729945
Θαυμάκος	Thaumakos · person
Ποίαντος	Poiantos · person · corrected · Q10350754
Μαλιακός κολπός	Maliac Gulf · place · corrected · Q549658
Θαυμακοί	Thaumakians · people
Ἄρτεμις	Artemis · deity · corrected · Q39503
Thamakeia in Magnesia	place · city · Magnesia · explicit · unresolved
Thamakeia near the Malian Gulf	place · city · near the Malian Gulf · implicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	From Thaumakos, son of Poias — i.e. the island is named after Thaumakos.

Links

Place links	Thaumacia \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_259.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after 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	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	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 1.336

char LCS 33 (19.0%) · word LCS 7 (21.9%)

Stephanos

Θαυμακία, πόλις Μαγνησίας. Ὅμηρος “οἳ δ´ ἄρα Μηθώνην καὶ Θαυμακίην ἐνέμοντο”. ἀπὸ Θαυμάκου τοῦ Ποίαντος πατρός, ἀφ´ οὗ νῆσος. δευτέρα πόλις κατὰ τὸν Μαλιακὸν κόλπον. οἱ ἔνοικοι Θαυμακοί καὶ “Θαυμακίης ἱερὸν Ἀρτέμιδος”.

Herodian

…ται δὲ καὶ εἰς 'ω'. Σιμμίας ὁ Ῥόδιος »Ζηνὸς ἕδος Κρονίδαο μάκαιρ´ ὑπεδέξατο Δωδώ«. Βωδώνη πόλις Περραιβική, ὡς Ἀπολλόδωρος. οἱ δ´ ὀρθῶς Θετταλίας ἀπὸ Βωδωνοῦ ἥρωος. Μεθώνη πόλις Θρᾴκης. Μαγνησίας, ἣν Ὅμηρος διὰ τοῦ 'η' »οἱ δ´ ἄρα Μηθώνην καὶ Θαυμακίην ἐνέμοντο« (Β 716). ἔστι δὲ καὶ Μακεδονίας. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ μέθυ. πολύοινος γάρ ἐστι. καὶ τῆς Λακωνικῆς. δʹ ἐν Περσίδι. εʹ Εὐβοίας. Μοθώνη, εἰρεσιώνη, χελώνη,