Ἴστρος - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἴστρος OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Ἴστρος, πόλις Κρήτης, ἣν Ἀρτεμίδωρος Ἰστρῶνά φησι. δευτέρα πόλις Ἴστρος ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἴστριος καὶ Ἰστριεύς. Ἀρριανὸς δὲ Ἰστρίαν ὡς Ὀλβίαν αὐτήν φησι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ταύτης Ἰστριανός ὡς Ὀλβιανός, καὶ κατὰ τροπὴν Ἰστριηνὸς λιμήν καὶ Ἰστριανίς, θηλυκῶς. τρίτη νῆσος πόλιν ὁμώνυμον ἔχουσα κατὰ τὸ Τριόπιον τῆς Κνιδίας. τετάρτη πόλις τῆς Ἰαπυγίας, ὡς Ἔφορος εἰκοστῷ ἐνάτῳ.

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Text Details

Entry	#115
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 341.3
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-13
Word count	56

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his Y"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS 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	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	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 1.204

char LCS 96 (31.5%) · word LCS 18 (31.6%)

Stephanos

…Ἰστρῶνά φησι. δευτέρα πόλις Ἴστρος ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἴστριος καὶ Ἰστριεύς. Ἀρριανὸς δὲ Ἰστρίαν ὡς Ὀλβίαν αὐτήν φησι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ταύτης Ἰστριανός ὡς Ὀλβιανός, καὶ κατὰ τροπὴν Ἰστριηνὸς λιμήν καὶ Ἰστριανίς, θηλυκῶς. τρίτη νῆσος πόλιν ὁμώνυμον ἔχουσα κατὰ τὸ Τριόπιον τῆς Κνιδίας. τετάρτη πόλις τῆς Ἰαπυγίας, ὡς Ἔφορος εἰκοστῷ ἐνάτῳ.

Herodian

… Ἀκάμαντος. Λεῦκτρος, οἶστρος, βόστρος, Ἴστρος ἔθνος ἐν τῷ Ἰονίῳ κόλπῳ. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἔστι δὲ καὶ πόλις Κρήτης, ἣν Ἀρτεμίδωρος Ἰστρῶνά φησι. δευτέρα πόλις Ἴστρος ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ. Ἀρριανὸς δὲ Ἰστρίαν ὡς Ὀλβίαν αὐτήν φησι. τρίτη νῆσος πόλιν ὁμώνυμον ἔχουσα κατὰ τὸ Τριόπιον τῆς Κνιδίας. τετάρτη πόλις τῆς Ἰαπυγίας, ὡς Ἔφορος εἰκοστῷ ἐνάτῳ. ἔστι καὶ ποταμός. Βάκτρος ἔθνος. τὸ δὲ δαιτρός ὀξύνεται καὶ τὸ οἰκτρός, ἔτι καὶ τὸ φιτρός ὁ κορμός. Τὰ εἰς δύο 'ρρ' ἐπιθετικὰ ὄντα ὀξύνεται, στερρός, πυρρός τὸ ἐπίθετον. Πύρρος δὲ τὸ κύριον ὥσπερ καὶ τὸ ῎Υρρος καὶ Γέρρ…