Θυάτειρα

Entry #66
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 319.1 | Billerbeck: Θ66
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count: 76
Sources: Νικάνδρος (Nicander) FGrHist 343 T 1
Entities: Θυάτειρα (Thyateira (Thyatira)) [place], Λυδία (Lydia) [place], Πελοπεία (Pelopeia (Pelopia)) [place], Σεμίραμις (Semiramis) [person], Σελεύκος (Seleucus) [person], Λυσίμαχος (Lysimachus) [person], Μῦσοι (Mysians) [people], Θυατειρηνός (Thyateiran (ethnic)) [people], Γάγγης/Γάγγα (Ganges (Ganga)) [place], Κολοφώνιος (Colophonian (demonym)) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: formerly Pelop(e)eia and Semiramis; Eponym Person: when he heard that a daughter had been born to him, he called the city Thyga(te)ira; Unclear Metalinguistic: and it ought to be feminine; now they say neuter; Morphological Composition: it was also called 'the furthest (or extreme) of the Mysians'; Folk Etymology Narrative: they named it because of sacrificing and the deer running (i.e. they found and named it on account of the sacrifice and the running deer); Morphological Composition: the ethnicon (demonym) 'Thyateirenos', like 'Gagga Gaggrenos'; Unclear Metalinguistic: from whom Nicander the grammarian [calls it] 'Thyateirenos' (or 'Kolophonian')
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