Καρπασία

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Entry #97
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 361.13 | Billerbeck: Κ97
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count: 86
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑλλάνικος (Hellanikos) FGrHist 4 F 57 = fr. 57 Fowler [τοῖς Κυπριακοῖς], Διονύσιος (Dionysios) fr. 5 Livrea = fr. 2 Heitsch [Βασσαρικῶν], Ξεναγόρας (Xenagoras) FGrHist 240 F 34, Δημήτριος (Demetrios) FGrHist 756 F 1, Θεόπομπος (Theopompos) FGrHist 115 F 19
Entities: Καρπασία (Karpasia) [place], Κύπρος (Cyprus) [place], Πυγμαλίων (Pygmalion) [person], Καρπασία (Karpasia (variant)) [place], Κινύρειον (Kinyreion) [place], Σαρπηδονία (Sarpedonia (Sarpedon Peninsula)) [place], Κάρπαθος (Karpathos) [place], Σαλαμίνιος (Salaminian (from Salamis) — epithet) [other], Καρπασία (Karpasia (variant)) [place], Κάρβαν (Carban (the wind called 'Carban')) [other], Καρπασεώτης (Karpasiote / Karpasian (citizen of Karpasia)) [people], Μαρεώτης (Mareotes (inhabitant of Mareotis)) [people], Καρπασεῖς (Karpaseis (the people/inhabitants of Karpasia)) [people], Κάρπασος (Karpassos (eponymous figure)) [person], Ἀντίοχος (Antiochos) [person], Ἀντιοχεύς (Antiochius / Antiochene (demonym)) [other]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: which Pygmalion built; Eponym Person: Demetrios calls it 'Kardabia', because it seems to have been named after the man called Karba; Eponym Person: Thrasuallos says they are 'Kartaseies', perhaps from Kartasos (i.e. from the man Kartasos), from whom 'Kartasion'; Morphological Composition: the citizen (ethnic) Καρστασεύσης from Marestos, and the possessive/derivative forms Καρτασίειος and Καρτασετεύστην; Unclear Metalinguistic: Dionysios, as a correction, calls her 'Karpasieon' (a corrective emendation of the name); Unclear Metalinguistic: Xenagoras calls it 'Karpasson' (variant form)
Place: Karpasia | 📍 Map
Source: e9783110219630_i0287.jpg
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Καρπασία, πόλις Κύπρου, ἣν Πυγμαλίων ἔκτισεν, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος ἐν τοῖς Κυπριακοῖς. Διονύσιος δὲ διὰ διφθόγγου Κραπάσειαν αὐτήν φησιν ἐν τρίτῳ Βασσαρικῶν “ἠδ´ ὁπόσοι Κινύρειον ἰδ´ αἰπεινὴν Κραπάσειαν”. ἔστι καὶ νῆσος Καρπασία κατὰ τὴν ἄκραν τὴν Σαρπηδονίαν. Ξεναγόρας δὲ Κάρπαθον αὐτήν φησι. Δημήτριος δ´ ὁ Σαλαμίνιος Καρβασίαν φησίν, ὅτι πρὸς τὸν καλούμενον κάρβαν ἄνεμον κεῖσθαι δοκεῖ. ὁ πολίτης Καρπασεώτης ὡς Μαρεώτης. καὶ τὸ κτητικὸν Καρπασεωτικός καὶ Καρπασεωτικὴ ἄκρα. Θεόπομπος ἐν δεκάτῳ Καρπασεῖς αὐτούς φησιν, ἴσως ἀπὸ τοῦ Κάρπασος, ὡς Ἀντίοχος Ἀντιοχεύς, ἀφ´ οὗ Καρπάσεια.
Karpasia: a city of Cyprus, which Pygmalion founded, as Hellanikos says in the Cypriaka. Dionysios, however, with a diphthong, calls it Krapaseia in book 3 of the Bassarika: “and all who (dwell in) Kinyreion and steep Krapaseia.” There is also an island Karpasia by the promontory called Sarpedonia. Xenagoras, however, says it is Karpathos. Demetrios of Salamis calls it Karbasia, because it seems to lie toward the wind called Karbas. The citizen is Karpaseōtēs, as Mareōtēs; and the possessive adjective is Karpaseōtikos, and also “Karpaseōtike headland.” Theopompos in book 10 calls them Karpaseis, perhaps from Karpasos—just as from Antiokhos comes Antiokheus—whence (the form) Karpaseia.

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Herodian 1.294
char LCS 153 (32.2%) · word LCS 28 (33.7%)
Stephanos
Καρπασία, πόλις Κύπρου, ἣν Πυγμαλίων ἔκτισεν, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος ἐν τοῖς Κυπριακοῖς. Διονύσιος δὲ διὰ διφθόγγου Κραπάσειαν αὐτήν φησιν ἐν τρίτῳ Βασσαρικῶν “ἠδ´ ὁπόσοι Κινύρειον ἰδ´ αἰπεινὴν Κραπάσειαν”. ἔστι καὶ νῆσος Καρπασία κατὰ τὴν ἄκραν τὴν Σαρπηδονίαν. Ξεναγόρας δὲ Κάρπαθον αὐτήν φησι. Δημήτριος δ´ ὁ Σαλαμίνιος Καρβασίαν φησίν, ὅτι πρὸς τὸν καλούμενον κάρβαν ἄνεμον κεῖσθαι δοκεῖ. ὁ πολίτης Καρπασεώτης ὡς Μαρεώτης. καὶ τὸ κτητικὸν Καρπασεωτικός καὶ Καρπασεωτικὴ ἄκρα. Θεόπομπος ἐν δεκάτῳ Καρπασεῖς αὐτούς φησιν, ἴσως ἀπὸ τοῦ Κάρπασος, ὡς Ἀντίοχος Ἀντιοχεύς, ἀφ´ οὗ Καρπάσεια.
Herodian
…αγετῶν Στράβων ἑνδεκάτῃ ἥτις καὶ Κωφήν ἐκαλεῖτο. Δρεσία πόλις Φρυγίας. Καλησία πόλις Αὐσονική. Διονύσιος τρισκαιδεκάτῳ Ῥωμαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας. Καρπασία πόλις Κύπρου, ἣν Πυγμαλίων ἔκτισεν, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος ἐν τοῖς Κυπριακοῖς. ἔστι καὶ νῆσος Καρπασία κατὰ τὴν ἄκραν τὴν Σαρπηδονίαν. Ξεναγόρας δὲ Κάρπαθον αὐτήν φησι. Δημήτριος δ´ ὁ Σαλαμίνιος Καρβασίαν φησίν, ὅτι πρὸς τὸν καλούμενον κάρβαν ἄνεμον κεῖσθαι δοκεῖ. Μαγνησία πόλις παρὰ τῷ Μαιάνδρῳ καὶ χώρα ἀπὸ Μάγνητος. Ὑπερασία πόλις Ἀχαΐας. «οἵ θ´ Ὑπερησίην τε καὶ αἰπεινὴν Γονόεσσαν». Ὅμηρος (Β 573). κακῶς δὲ Θέων Ὑπέρειαν αὐτὴν καλεῖ. Ὑπέρεια γὰρ πηγὴ Μεσηΐδος. καὶ πόλις Σικελι…

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