Ῥάγα - Stephanos Ethnika

Ῥάγα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Ῥάγα, πόλις ἐν Μηδίᾳ [τὸ ἐθνικὸν τῆς μὲν Ῥαγός Ῥάγιος, τῆς δὲ Ῥάγαι Ῥαγηνός ὡς Καρρηνός.] ἐκτισμένη ὑπὸ Σελεύκου τοῦ Νικάτορος. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Εὐρωπός· μετωνομάσθη δὲ καὶ Ἀρσάκη ἀπὸ Ἀρσάκου βασιλέως Περσῶν. ἔστι νῆσος Λυκίας Ῥάξ ἀλλὰ ταύτης μὲν τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ῥάγιος, τῆς δὲ πόλεως Ῥαγηνός.

Rhaga: a city in Media [the ethnonym for Rhax is 'Rhagios', but for Rhagai it is 'Rhagenos' as in 'Karrenos'], founded by Seleukos Nikator. It used to be called Europos; it was also renamed Arsake after Arsakes, king of the Persians. There is an island of Lykia, Rhax, but the ethnonym for this is 'Rhagios', and for the city 'Rhagenos'.

Text Details

Entry	#5
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 542.9
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-17
Word count	46
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ῥάγα	Rhaga (Ragha) · place
Μηδία	Media · place
Ῥάγα	of Rhaga · place
Ῥάγιος	R hagian/Rhagian (ethnic name) · people
Ῥάγαι	Rhagae · place
Ῥαγηνός	Rhagaean (ethnic name) · people
Καρηνός	Carrhaean (ethnic name) · people
Σέλευκος	Seleucus · person
Νικάτωρ	Nicator (the Victor) · other
Εὐρωπός	Europos · place
Ἀρσακία	Arsacia · place
Ἄρσακος	Arsaces · person
Πέρσαι	Persians · people
Λυκία	Lycia · place
Ῥάξ	Rax/Rhax · place
Ῥάγιος	Rhagian (ethnic name) · people
Ῥαγηνός	Rhagaean (ethnic name) · people
Rhaga (Rhagai/Rhax), city in Media	place · city · Media · explicit · unresolved
Rhax, island in Lycia	place · island · Lycia · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	[The city was] founded by Seleucus I Nicator and was called Europus.
Eponym Person	It was also renamed Arsacia after Arsaces, king of the Persians.
Unclear Metalinguistic	There is also an island of Lycia called Rax; its ethnic name is Rhagios, whereas that of the city is Rhagenos.

Links

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Page scans	vol4_142.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.