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Entry #59
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 317.10 | Billerbeck: Θ59
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count: 79
Sources: Parke & Wormell (Parke and Wormell (editors)) 610 Parke/Wormell
Entities: Θρία (Thria (place/demos)) [place], Οἰνηίς (Oineis (tribe)) [people], Θριώ (Thrio (alternative form of Thria)) [place], Θριάσιος (Thriasios (inhabitant/demonym)) [people], Θριάσιον (Thriasian (plain)) [place], Τίθρας (Tithras (eponym/person)) [person], Τιθρασίος (Tithrasios (demonym)) [people], Ἀθηνᾶ (Athena) [deity], Ἀπόλλων (Apollo) [deity], Ζεύς (Zeus) [deity], Θρίαι (Thriai (people/plural)) [people], Θρίαντος (Thriantos (eponymic name)) [person]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: It is also called Thriō. The inhabitant is Thriasios, and the plain (place) is Thriasion.; Unclear Metalinguistic: There is also (a form) as Tithras, Tithrasios.; Morphological Composition: Most (forms are) with an omega: Thriōthen, Thriōze (), and Thriāsin.; Folk Etymology Narrative: And (the name) Thriaios is from the Thriai.; Folk Etymology Narrative: The 'thriai' are the divinatory pebbles which Athena invented; when Apollo's (method) was disbelieved, Zeus made the divination by the thriai flourish. Therefore Apollo said: 'many thrio-boloi, and few men skilled in prophecy.'; Morphological Composition: It is also called Thriasikos.; Eponym Person: There is also a deme Thriōn from Thriantos (i.e. named after Thriantos).
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Θρῖα, δῆμος τῆς Οἰνηίδος φυλῆς. λέγεται καὶ Θριώ· ὁ δημότης Θριάσιος, καὶ Θριάσιον πεδίον, ἔστι δὲ ὡς Τίθρας Τιθράσιος. τὰ πλεῖστα δὲ διὰ τοῦ « ω », Θριῶθεν Θριῶζε καὶ Θριᾶσιν. ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ Θριαί Θριαῖος. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Θριασικός. θριαί δὲ αἱ μαντικαὶ ψῆφοι, ἃς εὗρεν Ἀθηνᾶ· ἀχθόμενος δὲ τοὺς τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος .... ἄπιστον ὁ Ζεὺς ἐποίησε τὴν διὰ τῶν θριῶν μαντικὴν εὐδοκιμοῦσαν. διὸ καὶ Ἀπόλλων ἔφη “πολλοὶ θριοβόλοι, παῦροι δέ τε μάντιες ἄνδρες”. ἔστι δὲ καὶ δῆμος Θρίων ἀπὸ Θρίαντος.

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Herodian 1.285

char LCS 168 (44.8%) · word LCS 34 (43.0%)

Stephanos

…ος τῆς Οἰνηίδος φυλῆς. λέγεται καὶ Θριώ· ὁ δημότης Θριάσιος, καὶ Θριάσιον πεδίον, ἔστι δὲ ὡς Τίθρας Τιθράσιος. τὰ πλεῖστα δὲ διὰ τοῦ « ω », Θριῶθεν Θριῶζε καὶ Θριᾶσιν. ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ Θριαί Θριαῖος. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Θριασικός. θριαί δὲ αἱ μαντικαὶ ψῆφοι, ἃς εὗρεν Ἀθηνᾶ· ἀχθόμενος δὲ τοὺς τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος .... ἄπιστον ὁ Ζεὺς ἐποίησε τὴν διὰ τῶν θριῶν μαντικὴν εὐδοκιμοῦσαν. διὸ καὶ Ἀπόλλων ἔφη “πολλοὶ θριοβόλοι, παῦροι δέ τε μάντιες ἄνδρες”. ἔστι δὲ καὶ δῆμος Θρίων ἀπὸ Θρίαντος.

Herodian

…ς 'α' μακρὸν μονογενῆ τῇ 'ει' ἢ τῷ 'ι' μακρῷ παραληγόμενα ἐπὶ οὐσίας τιθέμενα ὀξύνεται, χειά, ζειά εἶδος κριθῆς, Φειά πόλις Ἠλείας. Ὅμηρος «Φειᾶς πὰρ τείχεσσιν Ἰαρδάνου ἀμφὶ ῥέεθρα» (Η 135). λέγεται καὶ Φεά. φλιά, θριά· θριαί δὲ αἱ μαντικαὶ ψῆφοι, ἃς εὗρεν Ἀθηνᾶ. ἀχθόμενος δὲ τοὺς τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος.... ἄπιστον ὁ Ζεὺς ἐποίησε τὴν διὰ τῶν θριῶν μαντικὴν εὐδοκιμοῦσαν. διὸ καὶ Ἀπόλλων ἔφη «πολλοὶ θριοβόλοι, παῦροι δέ τε μάντιες ἄνδρες». τὸ δὲ Θρῖα δῆμος τῆς Οἰνηΐδος φυλῆς προπερισπᾶται, πληθυντικῶς δὲ λεγόμενον ὀξύνεται Θριαί. λέγεται καὶ Θριώ καὶ Θριώς. στιά, οἷς ἠκολούθησε καὶ τὸ σκιά 'ι' βραχεῖ παραληγόμενον. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Σκιά πολίχνιον Εὐβοίας. τὸ…

Herodian 1.347

char LCS 25 (6.7%) · word LCS 5 (6.3%)

Stephanos

Θρῖα, δῆμος τῆς Οἰνηίδος φυλῆς. λέγεται καὶ Θριώ· ὁ δημότης Θριάσιος, καὶ Θριάσιον πεδίον, ἔστι δὲ ὡς Τίθρας Τιθράσιος. τὰ πλεῖστα δὲ διὰ τοῦ « ω », Θριῶθεν Θριῶζε καὶ Θριᾶσιν. ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ Θριαί Θριαῖος. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Θριασικός. θριαί δὲ αἱ μαντικαὶ …

Herodian

…ίας ὁ Ῥόδιος »Ζηνὸς ἕδος Κρονίδαο μάκαιρ´ ὑπεδέξατο Δωδώ«. Ἐλβώ νῆσος. Ἡρόδοτος δευτέρᾳ (c. 140). Ἀμαζώ θυγάτηρ τῆς Ἐφέσου, ἀφ´ ἧς αἱ Ἀμαζόνες. Ἡρώ πόλις Αἰγυπτία. Στράβων δὲ Ἡρώων πόλιν αὐτὴν καλεῖ. Θριώ· οὕτως λέγεται Θρῖα δῆμος τῆς Οἰνηΐδος φυλῆς, ὅθεν Θριῶθεν Θριῶζε. Ἰώ ἤτοι σελήνη·