Κάνδαρα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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

Kandara: a village of Paphlagonia: ‘as three stades from Gangra, and Thariba, a village’. The inhabitants are 'Kandarenoi'. There is also a sanctuary of Hera Kandarenis.

Text Details

Entry#55
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 354.1 · Billerbeck Κ55
OCRgemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-18
Word count18
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚάνδαραKandara (place) · place
ΠαφλαγονίαPaphlagonia · place
ΓάγγραιGaggrai / Gaggrons (uncertain) · place
ΘάριβαThariba · place
ΚανδαρηνοίKandarenians (inhabitants of Kandara) · people
ἭραHera · deity
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
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)

Links

Place linksKandara | Pleiades
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Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

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…

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