Κάττουζα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Κάττουζα, πόλις Θρᾴκης, ἐν ᾗ κατῴκουν οἱ Πυγμαῖοι. οἱ οἰκήτορες Κάττουζοι. ὅθεν δὲ τὰς γεράνους ὁρμᾶν, τὸ χωρίον Ῥακώλην προσαγορεύεσθαι. ὑπὸ δὲ Καρῶν Τουσσύλοι ἐκαλοῦντο.

Kattouza: a city of Thrace, in which the Pygmies lived. The inhabitants are 'Kattouzoi'. The place from which they set out against the cranes is called Rakolen. Under the Carians they were called Toussyloi.

Text Details

Entry#132
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 368.11 · Billerbeck Κ132
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count25
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚάττουζαKattouza · place
ΘρᾴκηThrace · place
ΠυγμαῖοιPygmies · people
Κάττουζοςinhabitants of Kattouza (Kattuzoi) · people
ῬακώληRhakōlē (Rhakole) · place
ΚάροιCarians · people
ΤουσσύλοιTussyloi · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Folk Etymology NarrativeFrom the fact that they used to seize/capture the cranes, the place was called Rhakollēn.
Unclear MetalinguisticBut by the Karones they were called Tysusiolan (Τυσουσιόλαν).

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC