Παρικάνη - Stephanos Ethnika

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Παρικάνη, πόλις Περσική. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ “ἐν δ´ αὐτοῖσι πόλις Παρικάνη οὔνομα”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Παρικάνιοι. λέγονται καὶ Παρίκανοι.

Parikane, a Persian city. Hekataios in his Asia: 'Among them is a city named Parikane.' The ethnonym is 'Parikanioi'. They are also called 'Parikanoi'.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#49
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 505.10
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-14
Word count	17
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	Asia (Ἀσία) · FGrHist 1 F 282
Ἀσία (Asia)	—

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Παρικάνη	Paricane · place
Περσικός	Persian · other
Παρικάνη	Paricane · place
Παρικάνιος	Paricanians · people
Παρίκανος	Paricanians · people
Παρικάνη	place · explicit · wikidata: Q19669734 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Borrowing Non Greek	Paricane: a Persian city.
Unclear Metalinguistic	Hecataeus, in his work on Asia: “Among them there is a city named Paricane.”
Unclear Metalinguistic	The ethnic name is Parikanians; they are also called Parikanians (Parikanoi).

Links

Place links	Parikane (Pauly-Wissowa)
Page scans	vol4_058.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	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 · 2 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 1.329

char LCS 63 (63.0%) · word LCS 12 (70.6%)

Stephanos

Παρικάνη, πόλις Περσική. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ “ἐν δ´ αὐτοῖσι πόλις Παρικάνη οὔνομα”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Παρικάνιοι. λέγονται καὶ Παρίκανοι.

Herodian

ἐπὶ τῶν ἀδήλων καὶ ἐκτετοπισμένων. Παρικάνη πόλις Περσική. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ «ἐν δ´ αὐτοῖσι πόλις Παρικάνη οὔνομα». τὸ δὲ μηχανή ὀξύνεται. ὡσαύτως καὶ Ἀμφαναί πόλις Δωρική. Ἑκαταῖος ἐν πρώτῃ γενεαλογιῶν. Θεόπομπος Ἀμφαναίαν αὐτὴν καλεῖ ἐν πέμπτῳ Φιλιππικῶν. ἔστι καὶ χωρίον Θεσσαλίας ὡσαύτως. τὰ δὲ εἰς 'ανη' 'α' μακρῷ παραληγόμενα ἔχοντα…