Θεσσαλονίκη - Stephanos Ethnika

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Θεσσαλονίκη, πόλις Μακεδονίας, ἥτις ἄρα ἐκαλεῖτο Ἁλία, Κασάνδρου κτίσμα .... ἢ ὅτι Φίλιππος τοῦ Ἀμύντου ἐκεῖ Θετταλοὺς νικήσας οὕτως ἐκάλεσε. Λούκιος δὲ ὁ Ταρραῖος περὶ Θεσσαλονίκης βιβλίον ἔγραψεν, ὅς φησιν ὅτι Φίλιππος θεασάμενος κόρην εὐπρεπῆ καὶ εὐγενῆ (Ἰάσονος γὰρ ἦν ἀδελφιδῆ) ἔγημε, καὶ τεκοῦσα τῇ εἰκοστῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς λοχείας τέθνηκεν. ἀναλαβὼν οὖν ὁ Φίλιππος τὸ παιδίον ἔδωκε Νίκῃ τρέφειν καὶ ἐκάλεσε Θεσσαλονίκην· ἡ γὰρ μήτηρ τοῦ παιδίου Νικασίπολις ἐκέκλητο. Στράβων δὲ Θεσσαλονίκειαν αὐτήν φησι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Θεσσαλονικεύς.

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Text Details

Entry	#36
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 311.6
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count	76

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Λούκιος (Lucius)	περὶ Θεσσαλονίκης (βιβλίον) · fr. 5 Linnenkugel
Ταρραῖος (Tarraios (ethnic/gentilic))	περὶ Θεσσαλονίκης (βιβλίον) · fr. 5 Linnenkugel
Στράβων (Strabo)	7 fr. 13a,1

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Θεσσαλονίκη	Thessalonike / Thessalonica · place · corrected · Q130650
Μακεδονία	Macedonia · place · corrected · Q81734
Ἁλία	Halia · place
Κασσάνδρος	Cassander (Kassandros) · person
Φίλιππος	Philip · person
Ἀμύντης	Amyntas · person
Θετταλοί	Thessalians · people
Ἰάσων	Jason · person
Νίκη	Nike · person
Νικασίπολις	Nikasipolis · person · corrected · Q453968
Θεσσαλονικεύς	Thessalonikeus (ethnic name) · other
Θεσσαλονίκη	place · explicit · wikidata: Q17151 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	which was formerly called Halia
Eponym Person	a foundation/settlement of Cassander (founded by Cassander)
Morphological Composition	that Philip son of Amyntas, having defeated the Thessalians there, thus named it
Folk Etymology Narrative	Philip... taking up the child gave it to Nike to raise and named (her) Thessalonike; for the mother of the child was called Nikasipolis

Links

Place links	Thessaloniki \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_269.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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	ἐκάλειτο X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + κέκληται Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:87081a030c90e724	Translate the first clause "it used to be called X...' and the second clause "... it is now called Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES	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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.317

char LCS 294 (67.3%) · word LCS 53 (69.7%)

Stephanos

Θεσσαλονίκη, πόλις Μακεδονίας, ἥτις ἄρα ἐκαλεῖτο Ἁλία, Κασάνδρου κτίσμα .... ἢ ὅτι Φίλιππος τοῦ Ἀμύντου ἐκεῖ Θετταλοὺς νικήσας οὕτως ἐκάλεσε. Λούκιος δὲ ὁ Ταρραῖος περὶ Θεσσαλονίκης βιβλίον ἔγραψεν, ὅς φησιν ὅτι Φίλιππος θεασάμενος κόρην εὐπρεπῆ καὶ εὐγενῆ (Ἰάσονος γὰρ ἦν ἀδελφιδῆ) ἔγημε, καὶ τεκοῦσα τῇ εἰκοστῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς λοχείας τέθνηκεν. ἀναλαβὼν οὖν ὁ Φίλιππος τὸ παιδίον ἔδωκε Νίκῃ τρέφειν καὶ ἐκάλεσε Θεσσαλονίκην· ἡ γὰρ μήτηρ τοῦ παιδίου Νικασίπολις ἐκέκλητο. Στράβων δὲ Θεσσαλονίκειαν αὐτήν φησι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Θεσσαλονικεύς.

Herodian

δὲ ὁ Ταρραῖος περὶ Θεσσαλονίκης βιβλίον ἔγραψεν, ὅς φησιν ὅτι Φίλιππος θεασάμενος κόρην εὐπρεπῆ καὶ εὐγενῆ (Ἰάσονος γὰρ ἦν ἀδελφιδῆ) ἔγημε καὶ τεκοῦσα τῇ εἰκοστῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς λοχείας τέθνηκεν. ἀναλαβὼν οὖν ὁ Φίλιππος τὸ παιδίον ἔδωκε Νίκῃ τρέφειν καὶ ἐκάλεσε Θεσσαλονίκην· ἡ γὰρ μήτηρ τοῦ παιδίου Νικασίπολις ἐκέκλητο. Στράβων δὲ Θεσσαλονίκειαν αὐτήν φησι. ἐρίκη εἶδος φυτοῦ. φερίκη εἶδος δένδρου, ἃ διὰ τοῦ 'ι' ἐκτεταμένου γράφονται, τὸ δὲ Εὐνείκη ὄνομα μιᾶς τῶν Νηρηΐδων διὰ τῆς 'ει' καὶ τὸ νείκη ἡ φιλονεικία ἐκ τοῦ νεῖκος. τὸ δὲ Παλική πόλις Σικελίας ὡς κτητικὸν ὀξύνεται…