Θυρέα - Stephanos Ethnika

Θυρέα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Θυρέα, περὶ ἧς Ἀργεῖοι καὶ Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἐπολέμησαν. ἔστι δὲ τῆς Κυνουρίας γῆς, μεθορία δὲ τῆς Ἀργείας καὶ Λακωνικῆς. λέγεται καὶ πληθυντικῶς. [καὶ] κατὰ συναίρεσιν Θυρῆ, οἱ οἰκοῦντες Θυρεᾶται ὡς Τεγεᾶται, καὶ θηλυκῶς Θυρεᾶτις. ἔστι καὶ Ἀκαρνανίας Θύριον διὰ τοῦ « ι ». τὸ ἐθνικὸν Θυριεύς ὡς Σουνιεύς. Ἀνδροτίων δὲ Θούριος φησί.

Thyrea: about which the Argives and Lakedaimonians fought. It is of the Kynourian land, a border region of the Argolid and Laconia. Also said in the plural. by contraction Thyre; the inhabitants Thyreatai as 'Tegeatai', and in the feminine Thyreatis. There is also Thyrion of Akarnania with 'i'. The ethnonym Thyrieus as 'Sounieus'. Androtion says Thourios.

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	#78
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 320.16
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count	49

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἀνδρότιων (Androtion)	FGrHist 324 F 65

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Θυρέα	Thyrea · place · corrected · Q3036391
Ἀργεῖος	Argives · people
Λακεδαιμόνιος	Lacedaemonians (Spartans) · people
Κυνουρία	Cynuria · place · corrected · Q1431487
Ἀργεία	Argolis (region of Argos) · place · corrected · Q12649101
Λακωνική	Laconia · place · corrected · Q11931074
Θυρή	Thyre/variant of Thyrea · place
Θυρεᾶται	inhabitants of Thyrea (Thyreatae) · people
Τεγεᾶται	Tegeatae (Tegeans) · people
Θυρεᾶτις	female inhabitant of Thyrea (Thyreatis) · people
Ἀκαρνανία	Acarnania · place · corrected · Q416070
Θύριον	Thyrion (place in Acarnania) · place · corrected · Q7799781
Θυριεύς	Thyrieus (demonym) · people
Σουνιεύς	Sounieus (demonym) · people
Θούριος	Thourios / Thourian (variant demonym) · people
Thyrea in Cynuria	place · city · Cynuria (borderland between Argolis and Laconia) · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	It is also said in the plural.
Morphological Composition	And (also) by contraction: Θυρῆ (a contracted form).
Morphological Composition	The inhabitants are called 'Θυρεᾶται' (Thyreatai) like 'Τεγεᾶται' (Tegeatai), and in the feminine 'Θυρεᾶτις' (Thyreatis).
Morphological Composition	There is also a Thyrion in Acarnania, formed through the i (iota).
Morphological Composition	The ethnic/demonym is 'Θυριεύς' (Thyrieus), analogous to 'Σουνιεύς' (Sounieus).
Morphological Composition	Androtion says (the form) 'Θούριος' (Thourios).

Links

Place links	Thyrea \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_287.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative AUTHOR NAME)... + ὡς αὐτός formula:4caae33810f40dfa	Translate as "X... as per X." Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS 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 · 4 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	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" 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 · 2 occurrences
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 · 3 occurrences
Gloss	γῆ ἡ gloss:728db30aa96e9869	land, dirt, Earth Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	συναίρεσις ἡ gloss:b2bdfa6fa84baaa5	synairesis, vowel contraction (antonym of ἔκτασις) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC 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 1.284

char LCS 138 (52.5%) · word LCS 25 (51.0%)

Stephanos

Θυρέα, περὶ ἧς Ἀργεῖοι καὶ Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἐπολέμησαν. ἔστι δὲ τῆς Κυνουρίας γῆς, μεθορία δὲ τῆς Ἀργείας καὶ Λακωνικῆς. λέγεται καὶ πληθυντικῶς. [καὶ] κατὰ συναίρεσιν Θυρῆ, οἱ οἰκοῦντες Θυρεᾶται ὡς Τεγεᾶται, καὶ θηλυκῶς Θυρεᾶτις. ἔστι καὶ Ἀκαρνανίας Θύριον διὰ τοῦ « ι ». τὸ ἐθνικὸν Θυριεύς ὡς Σουνιεύς. Ἀνδροτίων δὲ Θούριος φησί.

Herodian

…πόλις Ἀρκαδίας «καὶ Τεγέην εἶχον καὶ Μαντινέην ἐρατεινήν». Ὅμηρος (Β 607) καὶ Παυσανίας ηʹ (c. 3, 4) «Μαντινεὺς καὶ Τεγεάτης καὶ Μαίναλος Τεγέαν κτίζουσι καὶ Μαντίνειαν». ἔστι καὶ Τεγέα ἐν Κρήτῃ ὑπὸ Ταλθυβίου κτισθεῖσα. Θυρέα, περὶ ἧς Ἀργεῖοι καὶ Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἐπολέμησαν. ἔστι δὲ τῆς Κυνουρίας γῆς, μεθορία δὲ τῆς Ἀργείας καὶ Λακωνικῆς. λέγεται καὶ πληθυντικῶς καὶ κατὰ συναίρεσιν Θυρῆ. Ἐλέα πόλις Ἰταλίας. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Ὑέλη. ὠνομάσθη δὲ Ἐλέα ἀπὸ τοῦ παραρρέοντος ποταμοῦ. Μαλέα ἄκρα πρὸς τῇ Πελοποννήσῳ καὶ Μάλεια διὰ διφθόγγου. Ὑδρέα νῆσος πρὸς τῇ Τροιζῆνι. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Ἀραιθυρέα· οὕτως ἡ Φλιοῦς πάλ…