Θεράπναι - Stephanos Ethnika

Θεράπναι OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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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.

Therapnai: a city in Lakonia, which some say is Sparta. There is also a place with a temple of the Dioskouroi, because they are honoured there. For 'therapeuein' means 'to honour', and 'naos' means the house where gods are worshipped. The ethnonym is 'Therapnaios', 'Therapnaia', and 'Therapnaion'.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#26
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 309.13
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count	34
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Θεράπναι	Therapnae · place · corrected · Q15940498
Σπάρτη	Sparta · place · corrected · Q5690
Διόσκουροι	Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) · deity
Θεραπναῖος	Therapnaean (demonym) · people
Θεραπναία	Therapnaean (feminine demonym) · people
Θεραπναῖον	Therapnaean (neuter demonym) · people
Θεράπναι	place · explicit · wikidata: Q15940498 · seeded_headword_alignment

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

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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
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 · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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 1.327

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…