Καλαμένθη

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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city
Καλαμένθη, ἥ τις καὶ Καλαμίνθη, πόλις Λιβύης. Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει. κρεῖττον οὖν ὡς Ἡρόδοτος διὰ τοῦ « ι ».

Kalaménthē, also called Kalaminthē, a city of Libya. Hekataios (mentions it) in his Periegesis. It is therefore better, as Herodotos has it, to write it with iota: a city of the Phoenicians.

Text Details

Entry#20
Greek textkiesling (current) · manual
Edition idsMeineke 347.17 · Billerbeck Κ20
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-2.5-flash) on 2025-12-17
Word count17
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)Περικηγήσει · FGrHist 1 F 348
Ἡρωδιανός (Herodianus / Herodian)1,312,22; 2,529,3
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚαλαμένθηKalaménthē (place) · place
ΚαλαμένθηKalamínthē (variant of same place) · place
ΛιβύηLibya · place · corrected · Q2370577
ΦοίνικεςPhoenicians · people · corrected · Q41642
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Borrowing Non GreekHecataeus (in his Periegesis) ... therefore, according to Herodian, through the i (iota) [i.e. the form with -ι-] [it is] a city of the Phoenicians.

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
Formulaὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME)
formula:d915b1886270056c
"as per X,"
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.

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.

Canonical URL: headword_2083.html

Last updated: 2026-05-16 10:53:09 UTC