Θούριοι - Stephanos Ethnika

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Θούριοι, πόλις Ἰταλίας, ἡ πρότερον Σύβαρις ἀπὸ Θουρίας πηγῆς· ὕστερον δὲ Κωπιαί λέγεται καὶ Θουρία, καὶ Θούριον ὡς ἐν τῷ Ἡροδότου ἐπιγράμματι Ἡρόδοτον Λύξεω κρύπτει κόνις ἥδε θανόντα, Ἰάδος ἀρχαίης ἱστορίης πρύτανιν, Δωρίδος ἐκ πάτρης βλαστόντ´ ἄπο· τῶν γὰρ ἄτλητον μῶμον ὑπεκπροφυγὼν Θούριον ἔσχε πάτρην. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμωνύμως Θούριοι, καὶ Θουριακοί, καὶ Θουρῖνος οἶνος, ὡς Στράβων. καὶ ὤφειλε δὲ παρὰ τὸ Θούριος Θουριανός, ὡς Πάριον Παριανός, ἢ παρὰ τὴν Θουρίαν, ὡς Ὀλβιανός. [ἔστι καὶ Μεσσηνίας πόλις.] Παυσανίας δὲ Ἄνθειαν αὐτήν φησι. καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν Θουριᾶται καὶ Θουριάς τὸ θηλυκὸν καὶ Θουριεύς. τινὲς δὲ Θουνίαν καὶ Θουνιάτας.

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Text Details

Entry	#55
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 315.16
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count	91

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἡρόδοτος (Herodotus)	ἐπιγράμματι
Στράβων (Strabo)	(6,1,14 [C 264,1])
Παυσανίας (Pausanias)	(4,31,1)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Θούριος	Thourioi (inhabitants of Thurii) · people · corrected · Q602564
Ἰταλία	Italy · place
Σύβαρις	Sybaris · place · corrected · Q220583
Θουρία	Thouria (spring) · place · corrected · Q9090574
Κωπίαι	Kopiai (later name) · place
Θουρία	Thouria · place · corrected · Q9090574
Θούριον	Thourion / Thurii (city) · place · corrected · Q6924107
Πάριον	Parion · place
Ὀλβιανός	Olbian (from Olbia) · people
Ἄνθεια	Antheia · place · corrected · Q16483465
Θουριακός	Thouriakoi (demonym) · people
Θουριανός	Thourianos (demonym) · people
Παριανός	Parianos (demonym) · people
Θουριᾶται	Thouriatai (demonym variant) · people
Θουριά	Thourias (feminine demonym) · people · corrected · Q9090574
Θουριεύς	Thourieus (demonym) · people
Θουνία	Thounia (variant demonym) · people
Θουνιάτης	Thouniatas (demonym variant) · people
Thourioi / Sybaris in Italy	place · city · Italy · explicit · unresolved
Antheia in Messenia	place · city · Messenia · implicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Place Transfer	from the spring Thouria (i.e. named from the spring called Thouria)
Place Transfer	formerly Sybaris (the city previously bore the name Sybaris)
Folk Etymology Narrative	a shoot sprung from the Dorian fatherland (i.e. founded by Dorian stock / colonists from Doris)
Morphological Composition	and the ethnicon ought to be from 'Thourion' → 'Thourianos', as 'Parion' → 'Parianos', or from 'Thouria' → 'Thourianos' (discussion of morphological formation of the ethnonym)
Unclear Metalinguistic	Pausanias, however, calls it 'Antheia' (an alternative name asserted by Pausanias)
Unclear Metalinguistic	it is also said 'Thouria' and 'Thourion', as in Herodotus' inscription (variant name-forms are attested)
Morphological Composition	the ethnicon likewise 'Thourioi', and 'Thouriakoi', and 'Thourinos' (variants of the ethnic/formational pattern)

Links

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + παρά + τό + Y (ETYMON) formula:e1b19e84652cc7be	Translate as "X is deriving/derives from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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 · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.360

char LCS 74 (14.5%) · word LCS 9 (9.4%)

Stephanos

Θούριοι, πόλις Ἰταλίας, ἡ πρότερον Σύβαρις ἀπὸ Θουρίας πηγῆς· ὕστερον δὲ Κωπιαί λέγεται καὶ Θουρία, καὶ Θούριον ὡς ἐν τῷ Ἡροδότου ἐπιγράμματι Ἡρόδοτον Λύξεω κρύπτει κόνις ἥδε θανόντα, Ἰάδος ἀρχαίης ἱστορίης πρύτανιν, Δωρίδος ἐκ πάτρης βλαστόντ´ ἄπο· τῶν γὰρ ἄτλητον μῶμον ὑπεκπροφυγὼν Θούριον ἔσχε πάτρην. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμωνύμως Θούριοι, καὶ Θουριακοί, καὶ Θουρῖνος οἶνος, ὡς Στράβων. καὶ ὤφειλε δὲ παρὰ τὸ Θούριος Θουριανός, ὡς Πάριον Παριανός, ἢ παρὰ τὴν Θουρίαν, ὡς Ὀλβιανός. [ἔστι καὶ Μεσσηνίας πόλις.] Παυσανίας δὲ Ἄνθειαν αὐ…

Herodian

Δωρίδος ἐκ πάτρης βλαστόν τ´ ἄπο· τῶν γὰρ ἄτλητον μῶμον ὑπεκπροφυγὼν Θούριον ἔσχε πάτρην. Τείρια πόλις Λευκοσύρων. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Τέμβριον πόλις Φρυγίας. Χάραξ δὲ Τύμβριον αὐτήν φησι. Ἀλέξανδρος δὲ Τεμβρίειόν φησιν ὡς Γορδίειον. Τίνδιον πόλις Λιβύης. Τράλλιον πόλις Βιθυνίας, ἣ καθήκει πρὸς τὸν Ἀστακηνὸν κόλπον…

Herodian 1.126

char LCS 50 (9.8%) · word LCS 9 (9.4%)

Stephanos

Θούριοι, πόλις Ἰταλίας, ἡ πρότερον Σύβαρις ἀπὸ Θουρίας πηγῆς· ὕστερον δὲ Κωπιαί λέγεται καὶ Θουρία, καὶ Θούριον ὡς ἐν τῷ Ἡροδότου ἐπιγράμματι Ἡρόδοτον Λύξεω κρύπτει κόνις ἥδε θανόντα, Ἰάδος ἀρχαίης ἱστορίης πρύτανιν, Δωρίδος ἐκ πάτρης βλαστόντ´ ἄπο· τῶν γὰρ ἄτλητον μῶμον ὑπεκπροφ…

Herodian

…ερί τινα λίμνην, ἥτις ἀπ´ αὐτοῦ Τυρρηβία ἐκλήθη, φθογγῆς Νυμφῶν ἀκούσας, ἃς καὶ Μούσας Λυδοὶ καλοῦσι, καὶ μουσικὴν ἐδιδάχθη καὶ αὐτὸς τοὺς Λυδοὺς ἐδίδαξε καὶ τὰ μέλη διὰ τοῦτο Τυρρήβια ἐκαλεῖτο». Μάσπιος ἔθνος Περσικόν. Θούριοι πόλις Ἰταλίας ἡ πρότερον Σύβαρις ἀπὸ Θουρίας πηγῆς. λέγεται καὶ Θουρία καὶ Θούριον. Κούριος ἔθνος Σαβίνων πολεμῆσαν Ῥωμαίοις. Χάραξ ιβʹ. τὸ δὲ Ἑρχίος ὁ ξενίσας Δήμητραν, ἀφ´ οὗ Ἑρχιὰ δῆμος, παροξύνεται. Τὰ εἰς 'ιος' ὑπερτρισύλλαβα ἐπὶ ἀλόγων ζῴων ὀξύνεται, αἰγυπιός, χαρ…