Ἱεράπολις - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἱεράπολις OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Ἱεράπολις, μεταξὺ Φρυγίας καὶ Λυδίας πόλις, θερμῶν ὑδάτων πολλῶν πλήθουσα, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱερὰ πολλὰ ἔχειν. βʹ Κρήτης. γʹ Συρίας, ἣ καὶ Ἱερόπολις διὰ τοῦ « ο ». δʹ Καρίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἱεροπολῖται, ἀφ´ οὗ Νικάνωρ, ὁ νέος Ὅμηρος, καὶ Πόπλιος καὶ Σαραπίων στωικοὶ καὶ ἄλλοι πλεῖστοι Ἱεροπολῖται.

Hierapolis: a city between Phrygia and Lydia, abounding in many hot springs, so named because it has many sanctuaries. (2) A city in Crete. (3) A city in Syria, also written Hieropolis with ο. (4) A city in Karia. The ethnonym is 'Hieropolitai', as per Nikanor, the new Homer, and Poplios and Sarapion, Stoics, and very many other Hieropolitai.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#33
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 327.8
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-12
Word count	46
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἱερὰ πόλις	Hierapolis (“Sacred City”) · place
Φρυγία	Phrygia · place
Λυδία	Lydia · place
Κρήτη	Crete · place
Συρία	Syria · place
Ἱερόπολις	Hierapolis (“Sacred City”) · place
Καρία	Caria · place
Νικάνωρ	Nicanor · person
Ὅμηρος	Homer · person
Πόπλιος	Publius · person
Σαραπίων	Sarapion · person
Hierapolis in Phrygia-Lydia	place · city · Phrygia-Lydia · explicit · unresolved
Hierapolis in Crete	place · city · Crete · implicit · unresolved
Hierapolis in Syria	place · city · Syria · implicit · wikidata: Q1146939 · candidate
Hierapolis in Caria	place · city · Caria · implicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	[It is named so] from having many sacred things/places.
Unclear Metalinguistic	Or it is also [called] Hieropolis, with the ο-vowel/syllable (i.e. in the form Hieropolis).

Links

Place links	Hierapolis \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_301.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (MASCULINE ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:04e9b95236efcdc4	Translate as "X... from/after whom is 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (NEUTER ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:36c80425f64385f6	Translate as "X... from which is Y" or "X... as per 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	διὰ τοῦ + «X» (GREEK LETTER) + [FORM OF γράφειν] formula:93bec21ca1d8a38f	Translate as "writes/write/wrote/is written with X" Domain: SPELLING & PROSODY Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym 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.

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.