Ἴος - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἴος, νῆσος τῶν Κυκλάδων, ἀπὸ Ἰώνων οἰκησάντων, ὅθεν ἦν Ὁμήρου μήτηρ, ὡς ὁ χρησμός Ὄλβιε καὶ δύσδαιμον, ἔφυς γὰρ ἐπ´ ἀμφοτέροισι, πατρίδα δίζηαι, μητρὶς δέ τοι, οὐ πατρὶς ἔστιν. ἔστιν Ἴος νῆσος μητρὸς πατρίς, ἥ σε θανόντα δέξεται, ἀλλὰ νέων παίδων αἴνιγμα φύλαξαι. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ Φοινίκη ἡ Ἴος. ἔστι καὶ Λυδίας. ὁ πολίτης Ἰήτης καὶ Ἰέτης.

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Text Details

Entry	#74
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 334.4
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-13
Word count	57

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 2 occurrences
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
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	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	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 1.111

char LCS 37 (13.9%) · word LCS 7 (12.3%)

Stephanos

Ἴος, νῆσος τῶν Κυκλάδων, ἀπὸ Ἰώνων οἰκησάντων, ὅθεν ἦν Ὁμήρου μήτηρ, ὡς ὁ χρησμός Ὄλβιε καὶ δύσδαιμον, ἔφυς γὰρ ἐπ´ ἀμφοτέροισι, πατρίδα δίζηαι, μητρὶς δέ τοι, οὐ πατρὶς ἔστιν. ἔστιν Ἴος νῆσος μητρὸς πατρίς, ἥ σε θανόντα δέξεται, ἀλλὰ νέων παίδων αἴνιγμα φύλαξαι. ἐ…

Herodian

Τὰ εἰς 'ος' δισύλλαβα τὸ δίχρονον ἔχοντα βραχὺ βαρύνεται, σάος καὶ Σάος ἡ τῶν Σαΐων νῆσος. Ἴος νῆσος τῶν Κυκλάδων ἀπὸ Ἰώνων οἰκησάντων, ἔστι καὶ Λυδίας. Τίος πόλις Παφλαγονίας ἀπὸ Τιέως ἱερέως τὸ γένος Μιλησίου, ὡς Φίλων. Δημοσθένης δ´ ἐν Βιθυνιακοῖς φησι κτιστὴν τῆς πόλεως γενέσθαι Πάταρον ἑλόντα Παφλαγονίαν καὶ ἐκ τοῦ τιμᾶν τὸν Δία Τίον προσαγορεῦσαι…