Ἰωλκός - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἰωλκός, πόλις Θεσσαλίας. “Βοίβην καὶ Γλαφύρας καὶ ἐυκτιμένην Ἰαωλκόν”. ἀπὸ Ἰωλκοῦ τοῦ Ἀμύρου, ἀφ´ οὗ τὸ Ἀμυρικὸν πεδίον Λαρισαίων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἰώλκιος καὶ Ἰωλκία καὶ Ἰωλκίς καὶ Ἰωλκιάς.

Iolkos: a city of Thessaly. "Boibe and Glaphyrai and well-built Iaolkos". From Iolkos the son of Amyros, from whom the Amyrian plain of the Larisaians. The ethnonym Iolkios and Iolkia and Iolkis and Iolkias.

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

Text Details

Entry	#125
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 343.4
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-13
Word count	29

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	[NO ANTECEDENT] + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:85dbc02f91e20d41	Translate as "as per 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 5 occurrences
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	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 · 2 scan rows · 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	Y (EPITHET) + X (DEITY) formula:e59d8efd6da15c82	Translate as "X Y" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	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 · 8 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.

Herodian 1.151

char LCS 57 (38.5%) · word LCS 9 (32.1%)

Stephanos

Ἰωλκός, πόλις Θεσσαλίας. “Βοίβην καὶ Γλαφύρας καὶ ἐυκτιμένην Ἰαωλκόν”. ἀπὸ Ἰωλκοῦ τοῦ Ἀμύρου, ἀφ´ οὗ τὸ Ἀμυρικὸν πεδίον Λαρισαίων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἰώλκιος καὶ Ἰωλκία καὶ Ἰωλκίς καὶ Ἰωλκιάς.

Herodian

…κος πόλις Κρητική, μάληκος ὄνομα· ὀρνέου, μαληκός δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ μαλακός τροπῇ τοῦ 'α' εἰς 'η' ὀξύνεται, πίθηκος. Πήληκος πόλις ἐν Λιβύῃ, Ζάληκος ὄνομα ποταμοῦ, Ἀμάληκος, ἀφ´ οὗ Ἀμαληκῖτις ἐκλήθη. Κόθωκος ὄνομα ἥρωος. τὸ δὲ Ἰωλκός πόλις Θεσσαλίας «Βοίβην καὶ Γλαφυρὰς καὶ ἐϋκτιμένην Ἰαωλκόν» (Il. Β 712) ἀπὸ Ἰωλκοῦ τοῦ Ἀμύρου, καὶ Ἀρδησκός ὀξύνεται. Τὰ εἰς 'κος' παραληγόμενα 'αι' ἢ 'οι' μὴ ἐπιθετικὰ προπαροξύνεται, Πάταικος, Φάλαικος, Μίθαικος, σόλοικος, μόνοικος τὸ κατὰ συναλοιφήν. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Λιγυστική…

Herodian 1.309

char LCS 38 (25.7%) · word LCS 6 (21.4%)

Stephanos

Ἰωλκός, πόλις Θεσσαλίας. “Βοίβην καὶ Γλαφύρας καὶ ἐυκτιμένην Ἰαωλκόν”. ἀπὸ Ἰωλκοῦ τοῦ Ἀμύρου, ἀφ´ οὗ τὸ Ἀμυρικὸν πεδίον Λαρισαίων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἰώλκιος καὶ Ἰωλκία καὶ Ἰωλκίς καὶ Ἰωλκιάς.

Herodian

Τὰ εἰς 'οιβη' κύρια μὲν ὄντα βαρύνεται, Φοίβη, Βοίβη πόλις Θεσσαλίας. Ὅμηρος »Βοίβην καὶ Γλαφυρὰς καὶ ἐϋκτιμένην Ἰαωλκόν« (Β 712) ἀπὸ Βοίβου τοῦ Γλαφύρου τοῦ τὰς Γλαφυρὰς κτίσαντος. ἔστι καὶ ἐν Κρήτῃ Βοίβη τῆς Γορτυνίδος. προσηγορικὰ δὲ ὀξύνεται, λοιβή, στοιβή, ἀμοιβή. Τὰ εἰς 'βη' δισύλλαβα φύσει μακρᾷ παραληγόμενα μὴ προσηγορικὰ τῇ 'οι' …