Κάληρος

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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All Letters / Κ Kappa / Κάληρος
Κάληρος OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Κάληρος, οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο ἡ Ἀλωπεκόννησος ἀπὸ Καλήρου βασιλέως, Ἀλωπεκόννησος δὲ ὅτι ἐκεῖ εἶδον σκύμνους φέρουσαν καὶ κατατιθεῖσαν ἀλώπεκα. τινὲς δ´ ὅτι δεκάληρος ἐκαλεῖτο ἡ πόλις.

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Text Details

Entry#27
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 348.11 · Billerbeck Κ27
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-2.5-flash) on 2025-12-17
Word count27

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚάληροςKaleros · person
ἈλωπεκόννησοςAlopekonnesos (Alopeconnesus) · place
ΚάλαροςKalaros · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonKaleros — thus the Alōpekónnesos was called, from King Kaleros.
Folk Etymology NarrativeAlōpekónnesos (literally 'Fox-Island') because there they saw dogs carrying and laying down a fox.
Unclear MetalinguisticBut some say that the city was called Kalaros.

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Place linksAlokopennesos | 📍 Map | Pleiades
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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC