Θρῖα - Stephanos Ethnika

Θρῖα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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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.

Thria: a deme of the Oineid tribe. Also said Thrio; the demesman Thriasios, and the Thriasian plain; it is as Tithras Tithrasios. Most with 'o', Thriothen Thrioze and Thriasin. From 'Thriai', Thriaios. Also said Thriasikos. 'Thriai' are the divining pebbles, which Athena invented; but being vexed at those of Apollo.... Zeus made the divination by thriai, which was in repute, untrustworthy. Wherefore Apollo too said: "many are the pebble-throwers, but few the seers". There is also a deme Thrion from Thrias.

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

Text Details

Entry	#59
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 317.10
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count	79

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Θρία	Thria (place/demos) · place · corrected · Q13415455
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 · corrected · Q37122
Ἀπόλλων	Apollo · deity · corrected · Q37340
Ζεύς	Zeus · deity · corrected · Q34201
Θρίαι	Thriai (people/plural) · people
Θρίαντος	Thriantos (eponymic name) · person
Θρῖα	place · deme · Attika · explicit · topostext: Q13415595 · corrected

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
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 (<Thriōsi>), 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).

Links

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (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
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:bcd70ae781e7b205	Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	δῆμος ὁ gloss:e4ad995bede3b3b3	deme Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Gloss	δημότης ὁ gloss:47f8a94e343c05a7	deme-member Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	φυλή ἡ gloss:d443eaa1b875776d	tribe Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	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 1.285

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·