Δαίδαλα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Δαίδαλα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Entry #4
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 216.8 | Billerbeck: Δ4
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-18
Word count: 65
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Στράβων (Strabo) ιδ̄ (14,2,2 [C 651,17]; 14,3,1 [C 664,5]), Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander) FGrHist 273 F 61 [Λυκιακοῖς]
Entities: Δαίδαλα (Daidala (Daidalae)) [place], Ῥόδος (Rhodes) [place], Λυκία (Lycia) [place], Δαίδαλος (Daedalus) [person], Ἴκαρος (Icarus) [person], Νῖνος (Ninus (name of the river)) [place], Ἰνδική (Ἰνδία) (India) [place], Κρήτη (Crete) [place], Δαιδαλεύς (Daidaleus (citizen name)) [person], Σαμόσατα (Samosata) [place], Σαμοσατεύς (Samosataean (demonym)) [person], Δαιδαλίς (Daidalis (feminine form)) [person]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: The city in Lycia is (said to be) from Daedalus, [of] Icarus (i.e., named after Daedalus).; Folk Etymology Narrative: For, Alexander in his Lycian (account) says that while he was crossing through some marsh by the river Ninus he was bitten by a serpent, died and was buried there, and a city was founded there (a narrative explaining the origin of the place).; Unclear Metalinguistic: The (male) inhabitant is called 'Δαιδαλεύς' (just as the inhabitant of Samosata is 'Σαμοσατεύς'), and the feminine is 'Δαιδαλίς' (explanatory note on the ethnicon forms).
Place: Daedala | 📍 Map
Source: vol2_035.jpg
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Δαίδαλα, πόλις τῆς Ῥοδίας ἢ χωρίον, Στράβων ιδʹ. ἔστι καὶ ὄρος τῆς Λυκίας τὰ Δαίδαλα. ἡ δὲ πόλις ἀπὸ Δαιδάλου τοῦ Ἰκάρου ἡ ἐν Λυκίᾳ. διά τινος γὰρ ἕλους ἐπορεύετο [διὰ] τοῦ Νίνου ποταμοῦ, καὶ ὑπὸ χερσύδρου δηχθέντα τελευτῆσαι καὶ ἐκεῖ ταφῆναι καὶ κτισθῆναι πόλιν φησὶν Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν Λυκιακοῖς. ἔστι καὶ Ἰνδικῆς. καὶ Κρήτης ἄλλη. ὁ πολίτης Δαιδαλεύς ὡς Σαμόσατα Σαμοσατεύς, καὶ Δαιδαλίς τὸ θηλυκόν.
Daídala: a city of Rhodia, or a district; Strabo, book 14 (14.2.2; 14.3.1). There is also in Lycia a mountain called Daídala. But the city in Lycia is named after Daedalus son of Icarus. For, as Alexander says in his *Lyciaca* (FGrHist 273 F 61), he was travelling through a certain marsh by way of the river Ninus, and, having been bitten by a watersnake, died, and was buried there, and a city was founded (on the spot). There is also (a place called Daídala) in India, and another in Crete. The ethnic is Daidaleus, as from Samosata Samōsateus; and the feminine (form) is Daidalis.

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