Κορησσός

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Entry #160
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: - | Billerbeck: Κ160
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-20
Word count: 49
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Κορησσός (Koressos) [place], Ἔφεσος (Ephesus) [place], Λητώ (Leto) [deity], Ἄρτεμις (Artemis) [deity], Κορησσίτης (Koressites (inhabitant of Koressos)) [people], Κορησσός ((variant name) Koressos / Korēssis) [place], Κορησσεύς (Koresseus (inhabitant of Koressos)) [people], Κορησσία (Koressia) [place], Κέα (Keos (Kea)) [place]
Etymologies: Folk Etymology Narrative: because the place was where Leto gave birth and (is associated with) Artemis, where now is her altar.; Morphological Composition: when asked whose place it is, to say 'kore, sos' (i.e. from κόρη 'maiden').; Morphological Composition: and perhaps from Κόρησσις it is called Κορησσεύς (i.e. the ethnicon Κορησσεύς is derived from the place-name Κόρησσις).; Unclear Metalinguistic: and Κορησσία, a small town of Keos and its harbor (the name is also borne by a place on Keos).
Place: Coressus Harbor (Ephesus) | 📍 Map
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Κορησσός, πόλις τῆς Ἐφεσίας .... διὰ τὸ τὴν Λητὼ τεκοῦσαν καὶ τὴν Ἄρτεμιν κομίζουσαν γενομένην κατὰ τὸν τόπον, οὗ νῦν βωμὸς αὐτῆς, τῆς δὲ πυθομένης τίνος ἐστὶν ὁ τόπος, κόρη σός εἰπεῖν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κορησσίτης. καὶ ἴσως ἀπὸ τοῦ Κόρησσις. λέγεται καὶ Κορησσεύς. καὶ Κορησσία πολίχνιον τῆς Κέω καὶ ἐπίνειον.
Koressos: a city of the Ephesian territory. (So called) because Leto, after giving birth and carrying Artemis, came to be in that place, where her altar now stands; and when she asked whose place it was, she said, “maiden, yours” (korē, sos). The ethnic is Koressitēs. And perhaps from Koressis is also derived Koressēus. Also Koressia, a small town of Keos, and a harbor-settlement (epineion).

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.211
char LCS 145 (60.2%) · word LCS 31 (63.3%)
Stephanos
Κορησσός, πόλις τῆς Ἐφεσίας .... διὰ τὸ τὴν Λητὼ τεκοῦσαν καὶ τὴν Ἄρτεμιν κομίζουσαν γενομένην κατὰ τὸν τόπον, οὗ νῦν βωμὸς αὐτῆς, τῆς δὲ πυθομένης τίνος ἐστὶν ὁ τόπος, κόρη σός εἰπεῖν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κορησσίτης. καὶ ἴσως ἀπὸ τοῦ Κόρησσις. λέγεται καὶ Κορησσεύς. καὶ Κορησσία πολίχνιον τῆς Κέω καὶ ἐπίνειον.
Herodian
Φιλιππικῶν εἰκοστῇ τετάρτῃ. Καρδαμυλησσός κώμη. Καρδησσός πόλις Σκυθίας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Κορησσός πόλις τῆς Ἐφεσίας... διὰ τὸ τὴν Λητὼ τεκοῦσαν καὶ τὴν Ἄρτεμιν κομίζουσαν γενομένην κατὰ τὸν τόπον, οὗ νῦν βωμὸς αὐτῆς, τῆς δὲ πυθομένης τίνος ἐστὶν ὁ τόπος, κόρη σός εἰπεῖν. Μερμησσός πόλις Τρωϊκή. Σαρδησσός πόλις Κιλικίας. Σινδησσός πόλις Καρίας. Τεγησσός πόλις Κύπρου, Τερμησσός πόλις Πισιδίας. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη ταύτης ἄποικος καὶ αὐτὴ Πισιδίας λεγομένη μικρά, ὡς ἡ προτέρα μείζων. Τυλησσός ὄρ…

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