Κασάνδρεια - Stephanos Ethnika

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city

Entry #111
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 365.10 | Billerbeck: Κ111
OCR: headword constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-18
Word count: 25
Sources: Ποσειδίππος (Poseidippus) test. 2 Kassel/Austin [PCG VII 561]
Entities: Κασσάνδρεια (Kassandreia (Cassandreia)) [place], Μακεδονία (Macedonia) [place], Θράκη (Thrace) [place], Ποτιδαῖα (Potidaea) [place], Κάσσανδρος (Cassander) [person], Ἀντίπατρος (Antipater) [person], Κασανδρεύς (a Cassandrean (citizen of Kassandreia)) [people], Κουίντιος (Quintius / Quintus (Roman name)) [person], Κασανδρεύς (Cassandreus (genitive of Κασανδρεύς)) [person]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: which was formerly called Potidaea; Eponym Person: from Cassander the son of Antipater
Place: Kassandreia | 📍 Map | Pleiades
Source: e9783110219630_i0314.jpg
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Κασάνδρεια, πόλις Μακεδονίας πρὸς τῇ Θρᾴκῃ, ἥ ποτε Ποτίδαια, λεγομένη, ἀπὸ Κασάνδρου τοῦ Ἀντιπάτρου. ὁ πολίτης Κασανδρεύς. Ποσείδιππος δὲ κωμῳδίας ποιητὴς υἱὸς ἦν Κυνίσκου Κασανδρέως.

Cassandreia, a city of Macedonia toward Thrace—formerly called Potidaia—so named from Cassander son of Antipater. The citizen is called a Cassandreus. Poseidippus, a writer of comedies, was the son of Cyniscus of Cassandreia.

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Stephanos

Κασάνδρεια, πόλις Μακεδονίας πρὸς τῇ Θρᾴκῃ, ἥ ποτε Ποτίδαια, λεγομένη, ἀπὸ Κασάνδρου τοῦ Ἀντιπάτρου. ὁ πολίτης Κασανδρεύς. Ποσείδιππος δὲ κωμῳδίας ποιητὴς υἱὸς ἦν Κυνίσκου Κασανδρέως.

Herodian

…τρόπολις τῆς Καππαδοκίας ἡ πρὶν Εὐσέβεια καὶ Μάζακα ὡς Στράβων. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλαι τούτῳ τῷ ὀνόματι προσαγορευόμεναι. Καλαύρεια νησίδιον πρὸς τῇ Κρήτῃ ἀπὸ Καλαύρου τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος. Κάρπεια· οὕτως τινὲς τὴν Κάλπην πόλιν φασί. Κασάνδρεια πόλις Μακεδονίας πρὸς τῇ Θρᾴκῃ, ἥ ποτε Ποτίδαια λεγομένη, ἀπὸ Κασάνδρου τοῦ Ἀντιπάτρου. Κεκρυφάλεια ἄκρα τις, περὶ ἣν ἐνίκησαν Αἰγινήτας Ἀθηναῖοι. τινὲς δὲ νῆσον αὐτήν φασι Πελοποννήσου. Κορώνεια πόλις Βοιωτίας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἀπὸ Κορώνου τοῦ Θερσάνδρου. δευτέρα πόλις Πελοποννήσου μεταξὺ Σικυῶνος καὶ Κο…