Καυλωνία

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Καυλωνία OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Entry #138
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 369.15 | Billerbeck: Κ138
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count: 50
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 84
Entities: Καυλωνία (Caulonia) [place], Ἰταλία (Italy) [place], Αὐλωνία (Aulonia) [place], Μέταβος (Metabus) [person], Μεταπόντιον (Metapontion (Metapontum)) [place], Ἐπίδαυρος (Epidaurus) [place], Ἐπίδαυρος (Epitaurus (variant of Epidaurus)) [place], Κλαζομεναί (Clazomenae) [place], Κλαζομεναί (Plazomenai (variant of Clazomenae)) [place], Σικελία (Sicily) [place], Λοκροί (Locrians) [people], Καυλωνιάτης (Cauloniate (male citizen of Caulonia)) [other], Ἀπολλωνιάτης (Apolloniate (citizen of Apollonia)) [other], Καυλωνιᾶτις (Cauloniatis (female citizen of Caulonia)) [other], Καυλώνιος (Caulonios (demonym)) [other]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: Hecataeus calls it Aulōnia, because it is in the middle of a 'aulōn' (valley/valley-like hollow).; Morphological Composition: For later it was renamed Kaulōnia from the 'aulōn' (i.e. named from the valley).; Eponym Person: As (an example), Metapontion is from the hero Metabōn (i.e. named after the hero Metabōn).
Place: Caulonia | 📍 Map
Source: e9783110219630_i0355.jpg
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Καυλωνία, πόλις Ἰταλίας, ἣν Αὐλωνίαν Ἑκαταῖος καλεῖ, διὰ τὸ μέσην αὐλῶνος εἶναι. ἀπὸ γὰρ τῆς Αὐλῶνος ὕστερον μετωνομάσθη Καυλωνία, ὡς ἀπὸ Μετάβου ἥρωος τὸ Μεταπόντιον καὶ Ἐπίδαυρος Ἐπίταυρος καὶ αἱ Κλαζομεναί Πλαζομεναί. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Σικελίας. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Λοκρῶν. ὁ πολίτης Καυλωνιάτης ὡς Ἀπολλωνιάτης, καὶ θηλυκὸν Καυλωνιᾶτις, καὶ Καυλώνιος.
Aulonia, aulon (the valley), Caullonia, Cauloneia, Caulonya, ...+1 more">Caulonia: a city of Italy, which Hecataeus calls Aulonia, because it lies in the middle of a valley (aulōn). For from the “valley” it was later renamed Caulonia, just as Metapontion (took its name) from the hero Metabos, and Epidaurus (was called) Epitaurus, and the Clazomenae (were called) Plazomenae. There is also another (Caulonia) in Sicily, and there is also another among the Locrians. The ethnic is Cauloniatēs, as Apollōniatēs; the feminine Cauloniatis; also Caulōnios.

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