Θίσβη

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Θίσβη, πόλις Βοιωτίας. Ὅμηρος “πολυτρήρωνά τε Θίσβην”. ἀπὸ Θίσβης τῆς Ἀσωποῦ. λέγεται καὶ πληθυντικῶς. ὁ πολίτης Θισβαῖος. καὶ ὁ λιμὴν δὲ τῶν Θισβαίων, ὥς φησιν Ἐπαφρόδιτος, καὶ τὸ ἐπίνειον περιστερῶν πλῆρες. Ἰσμηνίας δὲ ὁ αὐλητὴς Θισβεύς ἐχρημάτιζε, καὶ ὁ Ἐρετριέων αὐλητὴς Θισβεύς.

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Text Details

Entry#49
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 314.15 · Billerbeck Θ49
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count43

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ὅμηρος (Homer)Iliad · Β 502
Ἐπαφρόδιτος (Epaphroditus)fr. 20 Braswell/Billerbeck = fr. 21 Lünzner
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Mentioned Entities

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ΘίσβηThisbe · place
ΒοιωτίαBoeotia · place
ΘίσβηThisbe · place
ΘίσβηThisbe · place
ἈσωπόςAsopus (river) · place
ΘισβαῖοςThisbaean · people
ΘισβαῖοιThisbeans/inhabitants of Thisbe · people
ἸσμηνίαςIsmenias · person
ΘισβεύςThisbeus · person
ἘρετριεῖςEretrians · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonFrom Thisbe (of the Asopus) — i.e. named after Thisbe, associated with the river Asopus.
Morphological CompositionIt is also said in the plural.
Morphological CompositionThe (male) citizen is called Θισβαῖος (Thisbaîos).
Morphological CompositionAnd the harbour of the Thisbeians, as Epaphroditus says (showing the genitive plural derivative).
Morphological CompositionThe flautist Ismenias was called Θισβεὺς (Thisbeus), and the Eretrian flautist (was) Θισβεὺς — personal names derived from the place-name.
Unclear MetalinguisticThe seaport/harbour was full of doves.

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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.307
char LCS 70 (30.6%) · word LCS 14 (33.3%)
Stephanos
Θίσβη, πόλις Βοιωτίας. Ὅμηρος “πολυτρήρωνά τε Θίσβην”. ἀπὸ Θίσβης τῆς Ἀσωποῦ. λέγεται καὶ πληθυντικῶς. ὁ πολίτης Θισβαῖος. καὶ ὁ λιμὴν δὲ τῶν Θισβαίων, ὥς φησιν Ἐπαφρόδιτος, καὶ τὸ ἐπίνειον περιστερῶν πλῆρες. Ἰσμηνίας δὲ ὁ αὐλητὴς Θισβεύς ἐχρημάτιζε, καὶ ὁ Ἐρετριέων αὐλητὴς Θισβεύς.
Herodian
…παραλήγοι τῷ 'ο', τύρβη, Κόμβη ἡ Χαλκίς καλουμένη, θυγάτηρ Ἀσωποῦ, ἀφ´ ἧς Χαλκίς πόλις Εὐβοίας, κύμβη νηὸς εἶδος. Θίσβη πόλις Βοιωτίας. Ὅμηρος »πολυτρήρωνά τε Θίσβην« (Β 502) ἀπὸ Θίσβης τοῦ Ἀσωποῦ. λέγεται καὶ πληθυντικῶς. καὶ ὁ λιμὴν δὲ τῶν Θισβαίων, ὥς φησιν Ἐπαφρόδιτος, καὶ τὸ ἐπίνειον περιστερῶν πλῆρες. κράμβη, Ἄλβη πόλις Ἰταλίας, ἣ καὶ Ἄλβα λέγεται. ἔστι καὶ Ἄλβη πόλις Κρήτης. Βόλβη πόλις καὶ λίμνη. ἔστι καὶ Βόλβαι πόλις Καρίας. Δέρβη φρούριον Ἰσαυρίας καὶ λιμήν. Κύρβη πόλις Παμφυλίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Στράμβαι πόλις Θ…

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