Καλάμαι

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Καλάμαι, πόλις Πελοποννήσου. Παυσανίας τετάρτῳ.

Kalamai: a city in the Peloponnese. Pausanias, book 4.

Commentary (2)
Kalamai
Modern Kalamata, on the Messenian Gulf; Stephanos’ city is the ancient settlement behind the later name.
AI-detected · geography non obvious · confidence: high
Pausanias, book 4.
Stephanos is citing Pausanias, who discusses Messenia and the Spartan-Messenian region in book 4.
AI-detected · source or version · confidence: high

Text Details

Entry#19
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 347.16 · Billerbeck Κ19
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-2.5-flash) on 2025-12-17
Word count6

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Παυσανίας (Pausanias)(4,31,3)
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚαλάμαιKalamai (a city) · place · corrected · Q11910884
ΠελοπόννησοςPeloponnese · place
Καλάμαιplace · explicit · wikidata: Q11910884 · seeded_headword_alignment
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Links

Place linksCalamae | 📍 Map | Pleiades
Page scanse9783110219630_i0083.jpg
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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME)
formula:5e7f1861601f28d1
Translate as "X, book Y in his *Z*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL)
formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb
Translate as "X, book Y"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
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 1.325
char LCS 40 (100.0%) · word LCS 5 (100.0%)
Stephanos
Καλάμαι, πόλις Πελοποννήσου. Παυσανίας τετάρτῳ.
Herodian
εἰ μὴ εἴη ἐκ συναιρέσεως, Σάμη νῆσος, καλάμη καὶ Καλάμαι πόλις Πελοποννήσου. Παυσανίας τετάρτῳ (c. 31, 3). παλάμη, Ζαδράμη βασίλειον τῶν Κυναιδοκολπιτῶν. θαλάμη, Θαλάμαι πόλις τῆς Μεσσηνίας. Θεόπομπος τριακοστῷ δευτέρῳ Φιλιππικῶν. Κοροκονδάμη πλησίον Σινώπης. Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἑνδεκάτῳ γεωγραφουμένων. Ὀργάμη πόλις ἐν τ…

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