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 (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 319.17
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 · corrected · Q41746
Τρωιάς	Troad · place · corrected · Q2454671
Δάρδανός	Dardanus · person
Θύμβρος	Thymbros (friend of Dardanus) · person
Θύμβριος	Thymbrios (the river) · place
Ἀπόλλων	Apollo · deity · corrected · Q37340
Ζυμβραῖος	Zymbraios (alternate form of the place name) · place
Δύμβριος	Dymbrios (variant name) · place
Δυμβριεύς	Dymbrieus (ethnicon/inhabitant) · people
Thymbra in the Troad	place · city · Troad · explicit · unresolved
Thymbris River	place · river · Troad · explicit · unresolved
Sanctuary of Apollo Thymbraios	place · sanctuary · near Thymbra in the Troad · explicit · unresolved

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

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 · medium 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 (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

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…