Κάναι - Stephanos Ethnika

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Κάναι, πολίχνιον [Εὐβοϊκὸν ἢ] Λοκρῶν τῶν ἐκ Κύνου κατὰ τὰ ἄκρα τῆς Λέσβου. ἔστι καὶ ὄρος Κάνη καὶ πόλις καὶ λίμνη. ἔστι καὶ πόλις τῆς Τρῳάδος. Στράβων ιγʹ. εἰσὶ καὶ Κάνναι διὰ δύο « νν », πλησίον Καρχηδόνος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καναῖος καὶ Καναία. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Κάναι τοῦ Τίγρητος ποταμοῦ. Καναῖος Ζεύς οὐ μόνον ἀπὸ τοῦ Καναίου, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς Κάνης.

Canai: a small town belonging to the Locrians of Cynus, on the promontories of Lesbos. There is also a mountain Cane, and a city, and a lake. There is also a city of the Troad. Strabo, book 13. There are also Cannae, with a double ‘nn’, near Carthage. The ethnic is Canaios and Canaia. There is also a city Canai on the river Tigris. ‘Canaios Zeus’ derives not only from Canai, but also from Cane.

Text Details

Entry	#52
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 352.7 · Billerbeck Κ52
OCR	gemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-17
Word count	60
AI translation	legacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)	13,1,68 [C 615,8]

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κάναι	Cannae · place
Λοκροί	Locrians · people
Κῦνος	Kynos · place
Λέσβος	Lesbos · place
Κάνη	Kane · place
Τρωάς	Troas · place
Κάνναι	Cannae · place
Καρχηδών	Carthage · place
Καναῖος	Cannaean (demonym) · people
Καναία	Cannaean (feminine) · people
Τίγρης	Tigris · place
Κηναῖος	Kenaios (epithet/demonym) · people
Ζεύς	Zeus · deity

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Place Transfer	a small Euboean settlement or (a settlement) of the Lokrians from Kynos — i.e. associated with/settled by Lokrians coming from Kynos
Place Transfer	The epithet 'Kenaeos' of Zeus is derived not only from (the) Kenaîos but also from (the) Kânē — i.e. the epithet comes from these place-names (or eponymous figures)

Links

Place links	Canae \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0157.jpg
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Herodian overlaps

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Herodian 1.307

char LCS 20 (7.5%) · word LCS 5 (8.3%)

Stephanos

Κάναι, πολίχνιον [Εὐβοϊκὸν ἢ] Λοκρῶν τῶν ἐκ Κύνου κατὰ τὰ ἄκρα τῆς Λέσβου. ἔστι καὶ ὄρος Κάνη καὶ πόλις καὶ λίμνη. ἔστι καὶ πόλις τῆς Τρῳάδος. Στράβων ιγʹ. εἰσὶ καὶ Κάνναι διὰ δύο « νν », πλησίον Καρχηδόνος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καναῖος καὶ Καναία. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Κάναι τοῦ Τίγρητος ποταμοῦ. Καναῖος Ζεύς οὐ μόνον ἀπὸ τοῦ Καναίου, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς Κάνης…

Herodian

…02) ἀπὸ Θίσβης τοῦ Ἀσωποῦ. λέγεται καὶ πληθυντικῶς. καὶ ὁ λιμὴν δὲ τῶν Θισβαίων, ὥς φησιν Ἐπαφρόδιτος, καὶ τὸ ἐπίνειον περιστερῶν πλῆρες. κράμβη, Ἄλβη πόλις Ἰταλίας, ἣ καὶ Ἄλβα λέγεται. ἔστι καὶ Ἄλβη πόλις Κρήτης. Βόλβη πόλις καὶ λίμνη. ἔστι καὶ Βόλβαι πόλις Καρίας. Δέρβη φρούριον Ἰσαυρίας καὶ λιμήν. Κύρβη πόλις Παμφυλίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Στράμβαι πόλις Θρᾴκης. Ὕσβη πόλις Λυδίας. τὸ δὲ φορβή ἐστι ῥηματικὸν προσηγορικὸν καὶ ἔχει τὸ 'ο'. τὰ γὰρ εἰς 'η' λήγοντα θηλ…