Θεράπναι - Stephanos Ethnika

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Θεράπναι, πόλις Λακωνική, ἥν τινες Σπάρτην φασίν. ἔστι καὶ τόπος ἔχων ναὸν τῶν Διοσκούρων, διὰ τὸ ἐκεῖσε τούτους τιμᾶσθαι. θεραπεύειν γὰρ τιμᾶν σημαίνει καὶ ὁ ναὸς τὴν οἰκίαν, ἔνθα θεοὶ θεραπεύονται. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Θεραπναῖος καὶ Θεραπναία καὶ Θεραπναῖον.

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Text Details

Entry	#26
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 309.13 · Billerbeck Θ26
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count	34

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Θεράπναι	Therapnae · place
Σπάρτη	Sparta · place
Διόσκουροι	Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) · deity
Θεραπναῖος	Therapnaean (demonym) · people
Θεραπναία	Therapnaean (feminine demonym) · people
Θεραπναῖον	Therapnaean (neuter demonym) · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Place Transfer	which some say (is) Sparta / which some call Sparta.
Morphological Composition	There is also a place with a temple of the Dioscuri, because those are honored there. For 'therapeuein' means 'to honor' and 'naos' (temple) means 'the house.' (Implying the place-name derives from the verb 'to serve/honor' associated with the cult.)

Links

Place links	Therapne \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_263.jpg
Review	Open review page

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.327

char LCS 78 (37.9%) · word LCS 14 (36.8%)

Stephanos

Θεράπναι, πόλις Λακωνική, ἥν τινες Σπάρτην φασίν. ἔστι καὶ τόπος ἔχων ναὸν τῶν Διοσκούρων, διὰ τὸ ἐκεῖσε τούτους τιμᾶσθαι. θεραπεύειν γὰρ τιμᾶν σημαίνει καὶ ὁ ναὸς τὴν οἰκίαν, ἔνθα θεοὶ θεραπεύονται. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Θεραπναῖος καὶ Θεραπναία καὶ Θεραπναῖον.

Herodian

…ρύνεται, Πολίχνη Κρήτης πόλις. ἔστι καὶ Πολίχνα πόλις Τρῳάδος. Εὐδείπνη νῆσος Λιβυφοινίκων. Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει Λιβύης. Θεράπναι πόλις Λακωνική, ἥν τινες Σπάρτην φασίν, ἔστι δὲ τόπος ἔχων ναὸν τῶν Διοσκούρων διὰ τὸ ἐκεῖ τούτους τιμᾶσθαι. θεραπεύειν γὰρ τιμᾶν σημαίνει καὶ ὁ ναὸς τὴν οἰκίαν, ἔνθα θεοὶ θεραπεύονται. Καλύδναι νῆσοι, Ἀφίδναι δῆμος Ἀττικῆς, λέγεται δὲ καὶ Κάλυδνα, Ἄφιδνα. Ἀκάνναι ἐμπόριον περὶ τὴν Ἐρυθρὰν θάλασσαν. τὸ δὲ Ἐρυμναί πόλις Λυκίας—Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν πρώτῃ Λυκιακῶν—ὀξύνεται ἐπιθετικὸν ὄν. Τὰ εἰς 'νη' μονογενῆ ἔχ…