Κάνδασα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Κάνδασα, ὡς Μύλασα Πήγασα, φρούριον Καρίας. Πολύβιος ἑκκαιδεκάτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κανδασεύς καὶ Κανδασίς.

Mylasa, Pegasa">Kandasa: like Mylasa, Pegasa, a fort of Karia. Polybios, book 16. The ethnonym is 'Kandaseus' and 'Kandasis'.

Text Details

Entry#54
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 353.11 · Billerbeck Κ54
OCRgemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-18
Word count13
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Πολύβιος (Polybius)(16,40,5)
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚάνδασαKandasa · place
ΜύλασαMylasa · place
ΠήγασαPegasa · place
ΚαρίαCaria · place
ΚανδασεύςKandaseus (ethnic) · people
ΚανδασίςKandasis (ethnic) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear Metalinguistic"Kandasa: like Mylasa, Pegasa; a fortress of Caria." (The entry compares Kandasa to Mylasa and Pegasa and identifies it as a Carian fortress.)
Unclear Metalinguistic"the ethnic (demonym) Kandaseus and Kandasis."

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC