Θύμβρα - Stephanos Ethnika

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Θύμβρα, πόλις Τρῳάδος, Δαρδάνου κτίσμα, ἀπὸ Θύμβρου φίλου αὐτοῦ. οὗ ποταμὸς Θύμβρις, ἀφ´ οὗ Ἀπόλλωνος Θυμβραίου ἱερόν, [ἐν ᾧ ἐτοξεύθη Ἀχιλλεύς.] λέγεται καὶ διὰ τοῦ « ζ » Ζυμβραῖος. λέγεται καὶ Θύμβριος. Ἑλλάνικος δὲ Δύμβριός φησι διὰ τοῦ « δ » καὶ Δυμβριεύς.

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Text Details

Entry	#70
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 319.17 · Billerbeck Θ70
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count	35

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑλλάνικος (Hellanicus (of Lesbos))	FGrHist 4 F 151 = fr. 151 Fowler

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Θύμβρα	Thymbra · place
Τρωιάς	Troad · place
Δάρδανός	Dardanus · person
Θύμβρος	Thymbros (friend of Dardanus) · person
Θύμβριος	Thymbrios (the river) · place
Ἀπόλλων	Apollo · deity
Ζυμβραῖος	Zymbraios (alternate form of the place name) · place
Δύμβριος	Dymbrios (variant name) · place
Δυμβριεύς	Dymbrieus (ethnicon/inhabitant) · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	From Thymbrus, his friend (i.e., the city is named from Thymbrus).
Place Transfer	Of which the river is Thymbrios, from which (i.e., from the river) the temple of Apollo Thymbraios (is named).
Unclear Metalinguistic	It is also said (to be) Ζυμβραῖος by way of the letter z (i.e., an alternate form with ζ).
Unclear Metalinguistic	It is also called Thymbrios (alternate form).
Unclear Metalinguistic	Hellanicus says Δύμβριος through the letter d and Δυμβιεὺς (i.e., alternate forms with δ).

Links

Place links	Thymbraean Apollo sanctuary \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_285.jpg
Review	Open review page

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.264

char LCS 52 (26.0%) · word LCS 9 (23.1%)

Stephanos

Θύμβρα, πόλις Τρῳάδος, Δαρδάνου κτίσμα, ἀπὸ Θύμβρου φίλου αὐτοῦ. οὗ ποταμὸς Θύμβρις, ἀφ´ οὗ Ἀπόλλωνος Θυμβραίου ἱερόν, [ἐν ᾧ ἐτοξεύθη Ἀχιλλεύς.] λέγεται καὶ διὰ τοῦ « ζ » Ζυμβραῖος. λέγεται καὶ Θύμβριος. Ἑλλάνικος δὲ Δύμβριός φησι διὰ τοῦ « δ » καὶ Δυμβριεύς.

Herodian

…τι καὶ πόλις Φωκίδος οὐ πόρρω Λιλαίας. Ἄρρα πόλις Ἰλλυρική. Ἄτραι πόλις μεταξὺ Εὐφράτου καὶ Πίγρητος. Ἀρριανὸς ἑπτακαιδεκάτῳ Παρθικῶν. Ἔγρα πόλις Ἀραβίας πρὸς Ἀϊλανίτῃ κόλπῳ. Βόστρα πόλις Ἀραβίας. λέγεται καὶ οὐδετέρως. Θύμβρα πόλις Τρωάδος Δαρδάνου κτίσμα ἀπὸ Θύμβρου φίλου αὐτοῦ. Γάγγρα πόλις Παφλαγονίας. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τῷ περὶ Παφλαγονίας »Νικόστρατός φησιν αἰπόλον νέμειν περὶ τοὺς τόπους αἶγας. μίαν δὲ χωριζομένην ἰδών, ἀπορῶν ὁ αἰπόλος, ὅτι ἐν μὲν τῷ οἴκῳ ἐνδεᾶ εὕρισκεν, ἐπὶ τῆς νομῆς δὲ πλήρ…

Herodian 1.99

char LCS 47 (23.5%) · word LCS 9 (23.1%)

Stephanos

Θύμβρα, πόλις Τρῳάδος, Δαρδάνου κτίσμα, ἀπὸ Θύμβρου φίλου αὐτοῦ. οὗ ποταμὸς Θύμβρις, ἀφ´ οὗ Ἀπόλλωνος Θυμβραίου ἱερόν, [ἐν ᾧ ἐτοξεύθη Ἀχιλλεύς.] λέγεται καὶ διὰ τοῦ « ζ » Ζυμβραῖος. λέγεται καὶ Θύμβριος. Ἑλλάνικος δὲ Δύμβριός φησι διὰ τοῦ « δ » καὶ Δυμβριεύς.

Herodian

…πλοκῆς μέσου ἢ δασέος ἢ τοῦ 'π' βαρύνεται 'υ' ἢ 'ι' παραληγόμενα· εἰ δὲ μὴ οὕτως, ὀξύνεται, χωρὶς εἰ μὴ σύμφωνον εἴη δεδιπλασιασμένον, ὕβρις, Κύπρις. Θύμβρις ποταμὸς Ῥώμης, ὃς καὶ Τίβερις. ἔστι καὶ Θύμβρις ποταμὸς Τρῳάδος, ἀφ´ οὗ Ἀπόλλωνος Θυμβραίου ἱερόν, ἐν ᾧ ἐτοξεύθη Ἀχιλλεύς. Τίγρις ποταμός. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Τίγρης. ὀξύνεται δὲ τὸ νεβρίς. οὕτω δὲ λέγεται καὶ Ἁλώνη νῆσος πρὸς τῇ Κυζίκῳ. κεδρίς. τὸ δὲ ἄγγρις δεδιπλασίασται. * Τὰ εἰς 'τρις' δισύλλαβα παρώνυμα ὀξύνεται οἷον πατρίς, τὰ δὲ μὴ οὕτως…