Κάνδασα - Stephanos Ethnika

Κάνδασα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

fortress

Entry #54
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 353.11 | Billerbeck: Κ54
OCR: gemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-18
Word count: 13
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Πολύβιος (Polybius) (16,40,5)
Entities: Κάνδασα (Kandasa) [place], Μύλασα (Mylasa) [place], Πήγασα (Pegasa) [place], Καρία (Caria) [place], Κανδασεύς (Kandaseus (ethnic)) [people], Κανδασίς (Kandasis (ethnic)) [people]
Etymologies: 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."
Place: Kandasa (Pauly-Wissowa)
Source: e9783110219630_i0166.jpg
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Κάνδασα, ὡς Μύλασα Πήγασα, φρούριον Καρίας. Πολύβιος ἑκκαιδεκάτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κανδασεύς καὶ Κανδασίς.

Mylasa, Pegasa">Kandasa: like Mylasa and Pegasa; a fortress of Caria. Polybius, book 16. The ethnic (gentilic) is Kandaseus and Kandasis.

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