Θήρα - Stephanos Ethnika

Θήρα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

island

Θήρα, νῆσος τῶν Σποράδων, κτίσμα Μεμβλιάρου, ἑνὸς τῶν μετὰ Κάδμου. ἐν ᾗ τοὺς ἐτῶν νʹ θνήσκοντας οὐκ ἐθρήνουν, οὐδὲ τοὺς ἑπτά. ἔστι καὶ Ῥόδου πόλις ταπεινή. καὶ Καρίας ἄλλη. καὶ τῆς Σογδιανῆς ἄλλη. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Θηραῖος καὶ Θηραία. καὶ Θηραϊκός. τὸ δὲ Θηράσιος ξένον. Θηρασία γὰρ νησίον, ὡς εἰρήσεται.

Thera: an island of the Sporades, a foundation of Membliaros, one of those who accompanied Kadmos. There they did not mourn those who died at the age of fifty, nor those who died at seven. There is also an insignificant city in Rhodes, another in Karia and another in Sogdiane. The inhabitants are called 'Theraios' and 'Theraia'; also 'Theraikos'. 'Therasios' is unusual, for Therasia is an islet, as will be stated.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#43
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 313.12
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-12
Word count	49
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Θήρα	Thera (Santorini) · place
Σποράδες	the Sporades · place
Μεμβλίαρος	Membliarus · person
Κάδμος	Cadmus · person
Ῥόδος	Rhodes · place
Καρία	Caria · place
Σογδιανή	Sogdiana · place
Θηραῖος	Theraean · people
Θηραῖος	Theraean woman / female Ther(a)ean · people
Θηραϊκός	Theraean · other
Θηράσιος	of Therasia / Therasian · other
Θηρασία	Therasia · place
Thera (island of the Sporades)	place · island · Sporades · explicit · unresolved
Thera in Rhodes	place · city · Rhodes · implicit · unresolved
Thera in Karia	place · city · Karia · implicit · unresolved
Thera in Sogdiane	place · city · Sogdiane · implicit · unresolved
Therasia	place · islet · unspecified · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	A foundation/settlement of Membliarus, one of those who accompanied Cadmus; thus Thera is presented as founded by Membliarus.
Unclear Metalinguistic	There is also a lowly city of Rhodes, another in Caria, and another in Sogdiana. These are homonymous places, but the passage does not explicitly explain that the name was transferred from one place to another.
Unclear Metalinguistic	But Therasios is a foreign (non-standard) form/name; for there is a small island called Therasia, as will be stated. The exact origin of the form is not explained here.

Links

Place links	Santorini \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_273.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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
Gloss	κτίσμα τό gloss:fb49af0b4b56155e	foundation Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	οἰκήτωρ ὁ gloss:3810d98aa6c81247	inhabitant, resident, patron (of a brothel...? - κ123) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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 1.259

char LCS 40 (17.2%) · word LCS 9 (18.4%)

Stephanos

Θήρα, νῆσος τῶν Σποράδων, κτίσμα Μεμβλιάρου, ἑνὸς τῶν μετὰ Κάδμου. ἐν ᾗ τοὺς ἐτῶν νʹ θνήσκοντας οὐκ ἐθρήνουν, οὐδὲ τοὺς ἑπτά. ἔστι καὶ Ῥόδου πόλις ταπεινή. καὶ Καρίας ἄλλη. καὶ τῆς Σογδιανῆς ἄλλη. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Θηραῖος καὶ Θηραία. καὶ Θηραϊκός. τὸ δὲ Θηράσιος ξένον. Θηρασία γὰρ νησίον, ὡς εἰρήσεται.

Herodian

ἔστι καὶ Ῥόδου πόλις ταπεινή. καὶ Καρίας ἄλλη. καὶ Σογδιανῆς ἄλλη. χήρα. πλὴν τοῦ 'φ' διὰ τὸ Φηρά »Φηράς τε ζαθέας ἠδ´ Ἄνθειαν βαθύλειμον« (Il. Ι 151) τὰ δὲ ἀπὸ φωνήεντος ἀρχόμενα παροξύνεται, Ἥρα, ὥρα, ὀπώρα. Τὰ εἰς 'ρα' δισύλλαβα συνεσταλμένον ἔχοντα τὸ 'α' βαρύνεται,…