Θηρασία

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Θηρασία OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
island
Θηρασία, νῆσος ἐν τῷ μεταξὺ πόρῳ Κρήτης καὶ Κυρηναίας. τὸ « α » μακρόν “μεταξὺ τῆς Θήρας τε καὶ Θηρασίας”. ὁ νησιώτης Θηράσιος.

Therasia: an island in the strait between Crete and Kyrenaia. The α is long: 'between Thera and Therasia'. The islander is 'Therasios'.

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Text Details

Entry#44
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 313.18
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-12
Word count21
AI translationgpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
ApollodorusFGrHist 244 F 351
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΘηρασίαTherasia · place
ΚρήτηCrete · place
ΚυρηναίαCyrenaica · place
ΘήραThera (Santorini) · place
ΘηρασίαTherasia · place
Therasiaplace · island · in the strait between Crete and Kyrenaia · explicit · unresolved
Theraplace · island · in the strait between Crete and Kyrenaia (as contextualized by the lemma) · explicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear MetalinguisticThe alpha is long: “between Thera and Therasia.” This is a note on the form/pronunciation of the name, not an explanation of its origin.

Links

Place linksTherasia | 📍 Map | Pleiades
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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:439629f16cfaba3f
Translate as "Y is from 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON)
formula:4e7b910409d678a8
Translate as "'X' is from Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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
Glossνησιώτης ὁ
gloss:ef8de9dec54fa178
islander
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.294
char LCS 80 (82.5%) · word LCS 18 (85.7%)
Stephanos
Θηρασία, νῆσος ἐν τῷ μεταξὺ πόρῳ Κρήτης καὶ Κυρηναίας. τὸ « α » μακρόν “μεταξὺ τῆς Θήρας τε καὶ Θηρασίας”. ὁ νησιώτης Θηράσιος.
Herodian
…ιλικίας χώρα, ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ πολυίστωρ ἐν πρώτῳ Λυκιακῶν. Λευκωσία νῆσος μία τῶν Σειρηνουσῶν. Σελλασία πόλις Λακωνική. Θεόπομπος ἐν τετάρτῳ Ἑλληνικῶν. Ἀμαθουσία. οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο ἡ Κύπρος. Κυπαρισσία πόλις τῆς Τριφυλίας. Θηρασία νῆσος ἐν τῷ μεταξὺ πόρῳ Κρήτης καὶ Κυρηναίας, τὸ 'α' μακρὸν «μεταξὺ τῆς Θήρας τε καὶ Θηρασίας». Ἀραχωσία πόλις οὐκ ἄπωθεν Μασσαγετῶν Στράβων ἑνδεκάτῃ ἥτις καὶ Κωφήν ἐκαλεῖτο. Δρεσία πόλις Φρυγίας. Καλησία πόλις Αὐσονική. Διονύσιος τρισκαιδεκάτῳ Ῥωμαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας. Καρπασία πόλις Κύπρου, ἣν Πυγμαλίων ἔκτισεν, …

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