Καφύαι

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Καφύαι, πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἀπὸ Κάπυος τοῦ πατρὸς Ἀγχίσου ἢ ἀπὸ Κηφέως. ὁ πολίτης Καφυεύς καὶ Καφυάτης ὡς Καρυάτης.

Kaphyai: a city in Arkadia, from Kapys, the father of Anchises, or from Kepheus. A citizen is a 'Kaphyeus' and 'Kaphyates' as in 'Karyates'.

Text Details

Entry#142
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 370.15 · Billerbeck Κ142
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count18
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.5

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚαφύαιKaphyai (Kaphyae) · place · corrected · Q2365548
ἈρκαδίαArcadia · place · corrected · Q12898802
ΚάπυοςCapys · person
ἈγχίσηςAnchises · person
ΚηφεύςCepheus (Kephēus) · person
ΚαφυεύςKaphyeus (citizen of Kaphyai) · person
ΚαφυάτηςKaphyates (citizen of Kaphyai) · person
ΚαρυάτηςKaryatis (person from Karyai) · person
Καφύαιplace · explicit · wikidata: Q2365548 · seeded_headword_alignment
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonFrom Kapyos, son of Anchises, or from Kephēos.
Morphological CompositionThe citizen (demonym) is Καφυεύς and Καφυάτης, like Καρυάτης.

Links

Place linksCaphyae | 📍 Map | Pleiades
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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN)
formula:276bf314e3ad9973
Translate as "X, X"
Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH)
formula:1bb0974b95264dde
Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION)
formula:1040044f9f2bf616
Translate as "a X in Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC)
formula:9b2896a329a36c7e
Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossπολίτης ὁ
gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb
citizen
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.303
char LCS 54 (60.0%) · word LCS 11 (61.1%)
Stephanos
Καφύαι, πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἀπὸ Κάπυος τοῦ πατρὸς Ἀγχίσου ἢ ἀπὸ Κηφέως. ὁ πολίτης Καφυεύς καὶ Καφυάτης ὡς Καρυάτης.
Herodian
…ν, ἀπὸ Μάρσου. Μινύα πόλις Θεσσαλίας ἡ πρότερον Ἁλμωνία ἀπὸ Μινύου κληθεῖσα ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα ἐν τοῖς ὁρίοις Λυκίας. Κρύα πόλις Λυκίας. Ἀρτεμίδωρος. Ἁλικύαι πόλις Σικελίας. Θεόπομπος. μεταξὺ κειμένη Ἐντέλλης καὶ Λιλυβαίου. Καφύαι πόλις Ἀρκαδίας ἀπὸ Κάπυος τοῦ πατρὸς Ἀγχίσου ἢ ἀπὸ Κηφέως. Καπύα πόλις Ἰταλίας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἀπὸ Κάπυος τοῦ Τρωϊκοῦ. Τραμπύα πόλις τῆς Ἠπείρου πλησίον Βουνείμων. Φλεγύα πόλις Βοιωτίας ἀπὸ Φλεγύου τοῦ Ἄρεως καὶ Χρυσῆς παιδός. Σιγγύα πόλις Παμφυλίας. Μαντύα πόλις Ῥωμαίων. γρ…

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