Κάνδαρα - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #55
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 354.1 | Billerbeck: Κ55
OCR: gemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-18
Word count: 18
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Κάνδαρα (Kandara (place)) [place], Παφλαγονία (Paphlagonia) [place], Γάγγραι (Gaggrai / Gaggrons (uncertain)) [place], Θάριβα (Thariba) [place], Κανδαρηνοί (Kandarenians (inhabitants of Kandara)) [people], Ἥρα (Hera) [deity]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: 'as from reeds' (i.e. the name derived from reeds); Place Transfer: (ambiguous phrase) 'of the three Gangra, and the village Thariba' — suggesting a connection with Gangra or the village Thariba (possible transfer of a place-name)
Place: Kandara | Pleiades
Source: e9783110219630_i0166.jpg
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Κάνδαρα, χωρίον Παφλαγονίας “ὡς ἀπὸ σχοίνων τριῶν Γάγγρων, καὶ Θάριβα κώμη”. οἱ οἰκήτορες Κανδαρηνοί. καὶ Ἥρας Κανδαρηνῆς ἱερόν.

Kándara: a settlement of Paphlagonia, “at a distance of three schoinoi from Gangra and (from) the village Thariba.” The inhabitants are Kandarenoi. There is also a sanctuary of Hera Kandarenē.

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Herodian 1.386

char LCS 61 (58.7%) · word LCS 11 (61.1%)

Stephanos

Κάνδαρα, χωρίον Παφλαγονίας “ὡς ἀπὸ σχοίνων τριῶν Γάγγρων, καὶ Θάριβα κώμη”. οἱ οἰκήτορες Κανδαρηνοί. καὶ Ἥρας Κανδαρηνῆς ἱερόν.

Herodian

τῆς λέξεως καὶ Θουκυδίδης ( 6, 21). Φάλαρα πόλις Θεσσαλίας πλησίον Λαμίας. Ἄδαρα κώμη μεγάλη τῆς Παλαιστίνης μεταξὺ Χαρακμώβων καὶ Ἀρεοπόλεως. Θύμβραρα πόλις Ἀσίας τῷ Πακτωλῷ συνεχής, ὡς Ξενοφῶν. Κάνδαρα χωρίον Παφλαγονίας »ὡς ἀπὸ σχοίνων τριῶν Γάγγρων, καὶ Θάριβα κώμη«. Πάταρα πόλις Λυκίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Πατάρου τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ Λυκίας τῆς Ξάνθου. Ἀλέξανδρος Σαλακίαν κόρην ἐξ Ὀφιονίδος φησὶ φέρειν ἱερὰ τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι ἐν πατάρᾳ· εἶναι δὲ ταῦτα πέμματα λύρας τε καὶ τόξα κα…