Ῥάπτα - Stephanos Ethnika

Ῥάπτα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Ῥάπτα, ἡ μητρόπολις τῶν ἐντὸς Αἰθιόπων. οἱ οἰκήτορες Ῥάψιοι. καὶ Ῥάπτα ὅρμος καὶ Ῥάπτος ποταμός. ἔστι δὲ καὶ μητρόπολις τῆς Βαρβαρίας [τὰ] Ῥάπτα καὶ αὐτὴ καλουμένη.

Rapta: the metropolis of the inland Ethiopians. The inhabitants are 'Rhapsioi'. There is also Rapta, a harbour, and Raptos, a river. There is also a metropolis of Barbaria, itself too called Rapta.

Text Details

Entry	#12
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 543.8
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-17
Word count	26
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ῥάπτα	Rhapt(a), a metropolis of the inland Ethiopians · place
Αἰθίοψ	Ethiopians · people
Ῥάψιος	Rhapsians, inhabitants of Rhapta · people
Ῥάπτα	Rhapta, a harbor · place
Ῥάπτος	Rhaptos, a river · place
Βαρβαρία	Barbaria · place
Ῥάπτα	Rhapta, a metropolis of Barbaria · place
Rapta, metropolis of the inland Ethiopians	place · city · inland Ethiopia · explicit · unresolved
Rapta harbour	place · harbour · not specified; associated context distinct from the inland Ethiopian metropolis · explicit · unresolved
Raptos river	place · river · not specified · explicit · unresolved
Rapta, metropolis of Barbaria	place · city · Barbaria · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	The inhabitants are called Rhapsioi (Ῥάψιοι).
Unclear Metalinguistic	There is also a harbor called Rapta and a river called Raptos.
Place Transfer	There is also a metropolis of Barbaria, called Rapta as well.

Links

Place links	Rhapta \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol4_144.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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
Gloss	μητρόπολις ἡ gloss:4b7494b2aa08d8f1	metropolis Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.248

char LCS 22 (16.7%) · word LCS 5 (19.2%)

Stephanos

Ῥάπτα, ἡ μητρόπολις τῶν ἐντὸς Αἰθιόπων. οἱ οἰκήτορες Ῥάψιοι. καὶ Ῥάπτα ὅρμος καὶ Ῥάπτος ποταμός. ἔστι δὲ καὶ μητρόπολις τῆς Βαρβαρίας [τὰ] Ῥάπτα καὶ αὐτὴ καλουμένη.

Herodian

… ἰσχυρά, σοφός σοφή, καλός καλή, φίλος φίλη. τὸ μέντοι βαρύτερος βαρυτέρα καὶ τὰ ὅμοια, εἰ καὶ τὸν τόπον ἐνήλλαξαν, ἀλλ´ οὐ τὸν τόνον. Τὰ εἰς 'α' μακρὸν καὶ εἰς 'η' τῶν εἰς 'ους' περισπωμένων περισπᾶται ἀργυροῦς ἀργυρᾶ, ἔστι δὲ καὶ μητρόπολις τῆς ἐν Ἰνδικῇ Ταπροβάνης νήσου. χρυσοῦς χρυσῆ, διπλοῦς διπλῆ. Τὰ ἔχοντα τὸ 'α' βραχὺ διὰ τοῦ 'τρια' προπαροξύνεται, αὐλήτρια, ψάλτρια, ποιήτρια, μεσήτρια, ὁδηγήτρια, ὀρχήστρια, μαθήτρια, λεκάστρια ἡ πόρνη. Ἐρέτρια πόλις Εὐβ…