Καστάβαλα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Καστάβαλα, Κιλικίας [καὶ Φοινίκης] πόλις. Στράβων ιβʹ. ὁ πολίτης Κασταβαλεύς. [ἐνταῦθα Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερόν,] ἣ καὶ Περασία ἐκαλεῖτο.

Kastabala: a city of Kilikia {and Phoinike}. Strabo, book 12. A citizen is a 'Kastabaleus'. <Here there is a sanctuary of Artemis>, who was also called Perasia.

Text Details

Entry#116
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 366.3 · Billerbeck Κ116
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count17
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)ιβ (12,2,7 [C 537,23])
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚαστάβαλαKastabala (Castabala) · place
ΚιλικίαCilicia · place
ΦοινίκηPhoenicia · place
ΚασταβαλεύςKastabalean (citizen of Kastabala) · people
ἌρτεμιςArtemis · deity
ΠερασίαPerasia · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear MetalinguisticKastabala: a city of Cilicia (and Phoenicia).
Morphological Compositionthe citizen (demonym) Kastabaleus.
Unclear Metalinguisticwhich was also called Perasia.

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Herodian overlaps

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