Καστωλοῦ πεδίον

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Entry #122
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 366.20 | Billerbeck: Κ122
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count: 28
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ξενοφῶν (Xenophon) An. 1,1,2 [Ἀνάβασις (Anabasis)]
Entities: Καστωλός (Kastolus (genitive: of Kastolus)) [place], Δωριεῖς (Dorians (gen.)) [people], Καστωλός (Kastolous (name applied to the Dorians)) [people], Δωριεῖς (Dorians) [people], Λυδοί (Lydians) [people], Λυδία (Lydia) [place], Καστωλός (Kastolus) [place], Καστώλιος (Kastōlios (ethnic/demonym)) [people], Σπαρτώλιος (Spartōlios (ethnic/demonym, from Sparta)) [people], Καστωλικός (Kastolikós (possessive adjective, used substantively)) [other]
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Καστωλοῦ πεδίον, Δωριέων, ὡς Ξενοφῶν. ἐκλήθη δὲ ὅτι Καστωλοὺς τοὺς Δωριεῖς οἱ Λυδοί φασιν. ἦν δὲ πόλις ἐν Λυδίᾳ Καστωλός. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καστώλιος ὡς Σπαρτώλιος. καὶ τὸ κτητικὸν Καστωλικός.
Kastōlous Plain: (a place) of the Dorians, as Xenophon says. It was so named because the Lydians say that they call the Dorians “Kastōloi.” There was also a city in Lydia, Kastōlos. The ethnic adjective is Kastōlios, as (one says) Spartōlios; and the possessive adjective is Kastōlikos.

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.165
char LCS 43 (28.7%) · word LCS 9 (31.0%)
Stephanos
Καστωλοῦ πεδίον, Δωριέων, ὡς Ξενοφῶν. ἐκλήθη δὲ ὅτι Καστωλοὺς τοὺς Δωριεῖς οἱ Λυδοί φασιν. ἦν δὲ πόλις ἐν Λυδίᾳ Καστωλός. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καστώλιος ὡς Σπαρτώλιος. καὶ τὸ κτητικὸν Καστωλικός.
Herodian
…δ´ ἄρ´ Ἴωλοι ἕποντο μενεπτόλεμοί τε Περαιβοί», Μάγδωλος πόλις Αἰγύπτου. Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει. Τύμωλος ὁ Τμῶλος κατὰ ποιητικὸν μετασχηματισμόν. Ἐτέωλος ὄνομα λιμένος. Ἄρρωλος ὄνομα πόλεως. Καστωλὸς δὲ—ἦν δὲ πόλις ἐν Λυδίᾳ—ἐκλήθη δὲ ὅτι Καστωλοὺς τοὺς Δωριεῖς οἱ Λυδοί φασιν—ὀξύνεται ἔχον δύο σύμφωνα, ὧν τὸ ἓν 'τ' ἐστίν, ὡς καὶ τὸ Πακτωλός. τὸ μέντοι Σπάρτωλος βαρύνεται. ἔστι δὲ πόλις Μακεδονίας, ὡς Θουκυδίδης ἐν δευτέρᾳ (c. 79). τὰ γὰρ δύο σύμφωνα οὐκ εἰσὶν ἐν συλλήψει, ἀλλ´ ἐν διαστάσει. …