Κάλυδνα

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island
Entry #37
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 350.6 | Billerbeck: Κ37
OCR: gemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-17
Word count: 29
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἀνδροτίων (Androtion) FGrHist 324 F 27 [Ἀτθίδος]
Entities: Κάλυδνα (Kalydna (island)) [place], Θῆβη (Thebes) [place], Καλύδνος (Kalyndnos / Kalydnos (son)) [person], Οὐρανός (Uranus) [deity], Καλυδνός (Kalyndnos (alt. name)) [place], Καλυδναῖος (Kalyndnaios (demonym)) [other], Καλυδνίς (Kalyndnis (feminine demonym)) [other], Καλυδνεύς (Kalydneus (epithet)) [other], Καλύδνιος (Kalyndnios / Kalydnios (variant)) [other], Ἀπόλλων (Apollo) [deity]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: the city Thebe, from Kalyndos, son of Ouranos; Unclear Metalinguistic: it is also said/it is also called Kalyndos; Morphological Composition: the citizen (demonym) Kalydnaîos, and Kalydnis the feminine form; Morphological Composition: and Kalydeus (an epithet) of Apollo and Kalyndios
Place: Kalymnos | 📍 Map
Source: e9783110219630_i0111.jpg
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Κάλυδνα, νῆσος. καὶ πόλις Θήβης, ἀπὸ Καλύδνου παιδὸς Οὐρανοῦ. λέγεται καὶ Καλυδνός· ὁ πολίτης Καλυδναῖος, καὶ Καλυδνίς τὸ θηλυκόν, καὶ Καλυδνεὺς ὁ Ἀπόλλων καὶ Καλύδνιος, ὡς Ἀνδροτίων ἕκτῃ Ἀτθίδος.
Kalydna: an island; also a city (called) Thebē, [so named] from Kalydnos, son of Ouranos. It is also called Kalydnos. The inhabitant is Kalydnaios; the feminine (form) Kalydnis; and Apollo is (called) Kalydneus and Kalydnios, as Androtion in book 6 of the Atthis.

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Herodian 1.256
char LCS 67 (42.1%) · word LCS 12 (41.4%)
Stephanos
Κάλυδνα, νῆσος. καὶ πόλις Θήβης, ἀπὸ Καλύδνου παιδὸς Οὐρανοῦ. λέγεται καὶ Καλυδνός· ὁ πολίτης Καλυδναῖος, καὶ Καλυδνίς τὸ θηλυκόν, καὶ Καλυδνεὺς ὁ Ἀπόλλων καὶ Καλύδνιος, ὡς Ἀνδροτίων ἕκτῃ Ἀτθίδος.
Herodian
…φιδνα δῆμος Ἀττικῆς καὶ Λεοντίδος φυλῆς ἀπὸ Ἀφίδνου αὐτόχθονος· ἔστι καὶ πληθυντικὸν Ἀφίδναι. ἔστι καὶ τῆς Λακωνικῆς, ὅθεν ἦσαν αἱ Λευκιππίδες Φοίβη καὶ Ἐλάειρα. Δάριδνα κώμη Παφλαγονίας, ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τῷ περὶ αὐτῆς. Κάλυδνα νῆσος καὶ πόλις Θήβης ἀπὸ Καλύδνου παιδὸς Οὐρανοῦ. λέγεται καὶ Κάλυδνος. Σώλιμνα πόλις Ἰνδίας. Ἄντεμνα πόλις Σαβίνων, μία τῶν ἀνθεστηκυιῶν Ῥωμύλῳ. Μήθυμνα ἡ Μάκαρος θυγάτηρ καὶ γυνὴ Λεπετύμνου καὶ πόλις ἐν Λέσβῳ τῇ νήσῳ ὁμωνύμως. Νώνυμνα πόλις Σικελίας. Κάλυμνα νῆσος, ἣν ὁ Σκήψιος πληθυντικ…

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