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 (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 314.15
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 = fr. 21 Lünzner
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΘίσβηThisbe · place · corrected · Q57374186
ΒοιωτίαBoeotia · place · corrected · Q187570
ΘίσβηThisbe · place · corrected · Q57374186
ΘίσβηThisbe · place · corrected · Q57374186
ἈσωπόςAsopus (river) · place
ΘισβαῖοςThisbaean · people
ΘισβαῖοιThisbeans/inhabitants of Thisbe · people
ἸσμηνίαςIsmenias · person
ΘισβεύςThisbeus · person
ἘρετριεῖςEretrians · people
Thisbe in Boeotiaplace · city · Boeotia · explicit · wikidata: Q57374186 · candidate
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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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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:439629f16cfaba3f
Translate as "Y is from 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN)
formula:276bf314e3ad9973
Translate as "X, X"
Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS		Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
Formulaκαί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN)
formula:0af867b3dd6df580
Translate as "Y is also 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC)
formula:9b2896a329a36c7e
Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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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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