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Entry #161
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 373.15 | Billerbeck: Κ161
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-20
Word count: 86
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 120 [Εὐρώπῃ], Ἀπολλώνιος (Apollonius (of Rhodes)) fr. 1 Powell [Κανώπῳ], Ἀριστοφάνης (Aristophanes) fr. 370 Kassel/Austin [PCG III 2,206] [Κωκάλῳ], Κωκάλος (Kokalos (play))
Entities: Κόρινθος (Corinth) [place], Πελοπόννησος (Peloponnese) [place], Ἔφυρα (Ephyra) [place], Ἔφυρα (Ephyra) [place], Μύρμηκος (Myrmēkos (proper name)) [person], Ἐπιμηθεύς (Epimetheus) [person], Ἀκροκόρινθος (Acrocorinth) [place], Ἐπώπη (Epopē (alternative name)) [place], Σίσυφος (Sisyphus) [person], Αἴγινα (Aegina) [deity], Ζεύς (Zeus) [deity], Ἥλιος (Helios) [deity], Πάγος (Pagos (the hill)) [place], Κορίνθιοι (Corinthians) [people], Κορινθιά (Corinthian (f., demonym)) [people], Ῥόδιος / Ῥόδος (Rhodes / Rhodian (of Rhodes)) [place], Κορινθιακός κόλπος (Corinthian Gulf) [place]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: It was also called Ephyra from Epheúra (Ephyra), the wife of Myrmex, wife of Epimetheus (i.e., named after Epheúra, the wife of Myrmex, wife of Epimetheus).; Folk Etymology Narrative: The Acrocorinth was called Epópē because of Sisyphus at this place showing the abduction of Aegina by Zeus (i.e., named Epópe in relation to Sisyphus and that mythic display).; Morphological Composition: Then 'Heliou polis' (city of Helios) because it is dry (i.e., named for the sun because it is dry).; Morphological Composition: Then 'Pagos' (meaning 'hill' or 'peg'), i.e., called Pagos.; Eponym Person: Then 'Ephyra' (repeated), named Ephyra.; Morphological Composition: The citizens are called Korinthioi, and the feminine form Korinthias (i.e., ethnicon formation).; Morphological Composition: The compound 'korinthiourges' analogous to 'attikiourges' (i.e., morphological compound formation).; Morphological Composition: 'Korinthiakos kolpos' (Corinthian gulf) is the possessive adjective (i.e., derived adjectival form).; Folk Etymology Narrative: 'korinthiazomai' meaning to consort, from the hetaíroi (companions) in Corinth, or meaning to pimp (i.e., derived from the companions in Corinth or prostitution practice).
Place: Ancient Corinth | 📍 Map | Pleiades
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Κόρινθος, πόλις ἔσω τοῦ ἰσθμοῦ τῆς Πελοποννήσου. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἡ αὐτὴ ἐκαλεῖτο Ἐφύρα ἀπὸ Ἐφύρας τῆς Μύρμηκος τῆς Ἐπιμηθέως γυναικός. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ ἡ Ἀκροκόρινθος Ἐπώπη διὰ τὸ Σίσυφον ἐντεῦθεν ἐπιδεῖν τὴν τῆς Αἰγίνης ὑπὸ Διὸς ἁρπαγήν. εἶτα Ἡλίου πόλις διὰ τὸ ξηρὰν εἶναι, εἶτα Πάγος, εἶτα Ἐφύρα. οἱ πολῖται Κορίνθιοι, καὶ θηλυκῶς Κορινθιάς. καὶ σύνθετον κορινθιουργής ὡς ἀττικουργής. Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Ῥόδιος Κανώπῳ “κορινθιουργές ἐστι κιόνων σχῆμα”. καὶ Κορινθιακὸς κόλπος τὸ κτητικόν. καὶ κορινθιάζομαι τὸ ἑταιρεῖν, ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν Κορίνθῳ ἑταιρῶν, ἢ τὸ μαστροπεύειν. Ἀριστοφάνης ἐν Κωκάλῳ.

Ephyra, ...+4 more">Corinth: a city within the Isthmus of the Peloponnese. Hecataeus in *Europe*. It was also called Ephyra, from Ephyra, daughter of Myrmex, the wife of Epimetheus. And Acrocorinth was called Epōpē, because from there Sisyphus saw the abduction of Aegina by Zeus. Then it was called “the City of Helios” because it is dry, then Pagos, then Ephyra. The citizens are Corinthians (Korinthioi), and in the feminine Korinthias. There is also the compound *korinthiourgēs*, as *attikourgēs*. Apollonius of Rhodes in *Canopus*: “*korinthiourgēs* is the form of columns.” And the Corinthian Gulf: the possessive adjective. And *korinthiazomai* means ‘to play the courtesan’, from the courtesans in Corinth, or ‘to pimp’. Aristophanes in *Cocalus*.

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char LCS 46 (9.6%) · word LCS 8 (9.3%)

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Κόρινθος, πόλις ἔσω τοῦ ἰσθμοῦ τῆς Πελοποννήσου. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἡ αὐτὴ ἐκαλεῖτο Ἐφύρα ἀπὸ Ἐφύρας τῆς Μύρμηκος τῆς Ἐπιμηθέως γυναικός. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ ἡ Ἀκροκόρινθος Ἐπώπη διὰ τὸ Σίσυφον ἐντεῦθεν ἐπιδεῖν τὴν τῆς Αἰγίνης ὑπὸ Διὸς ἁρπαγήν. εἶτα Ἡλίου πόλις διὰ τὸ ξηρὰν εἶναι, εἶτα Πάγος, …

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Herodian 1.261

char LCS 41 (8.6%) · word LCS 7 (8.1%)

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Κόρινθος, πόλις ἔσω τοῦ ἰσθμοῦ τῆς Πελοποννήσου. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἡ αὐτὴ ἐκαλεῖτο Ἐφύρα ἀπὸ Ἐφύρας τῆς Μύρμηκος τῆς Ἐπιμηθέως γυναικός. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ ἡ Ἀκροκόρινθος Ἐπώπη διὰ τὸ Σίσυφον ἐντεῦθεν ἐπιδεῖν τὴν τῆς Αἰγίνης ὑπὸ Διὸς ἁρπαγήν. εἶτα Ἡλίου πόλις διὰ τὸ ξηρὰν εἶναι, εἶτα Πάγος, εἶτα Ἐφύρα. οἱ πολῖται Κορίνθιοι, καὶ θηλυκῶς Κορινθιάς. καὶ σύνθετον κορ…

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…πείρου ἀπὸ Ἐφύρου τοῦ Ἄμβρακος τοῦ Θεσπρωτοῦ τοῦ Πελασγοῦ τοῦ γηγενοῦς τοῦ Ἀρκάδος. δευτέρα περὶ Ἦλιν. ἦν δὲ αὕτη μεταξὺ Πύλου καὶ Ἤλιδος, ὡς Παρμενίσκος φησίν. Ὅμηρος δὲ τὸ Ἐφύρη ἐπὶ τῆς Κορίνθου ἔφη. οὕτως δὲ ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπὸ Ἐφύρας τῆς Μύρμηκος τῆς Ἐπιμηθέως γυναικός. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Ἐφύρη Κράννουν λεγομένη, ὥς φησι Κινέας ὁ ῥήτωρ καὶ Ἐπαφρόδιτος. καὶ νῆσος οὐ μακρὰν ἀπέχουσα Μήλου. ἔστι καὶ Ἰταλίας κατὰ Καμπανίαν. ἔστι καὶ κώμη Αἰτωλίας Ἐφύρα. κολλύρα, Ζεφύρα, Φιλύρα, Κιβύρα πόλις πρὸς …