Κραναή - Stephanos Ethnika

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Κραναή, νῆσος Λακωνική. Ὅμηρος “νήσῳ δ´ ἐν Κραναῇ ἐμίγην”. ἥτις πρόκειται τοῦ Γυθείου. οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ ἡ Ἀττικὴ ἀπὸ Κραναοῦ. ἐξειλήφασι γάρ τινες οὕτω τὸ Ὁμηρικὸν τὸ Κραναῇ ἀντὶ τοῦ Ἀτθίδι. Ἑλένη καλεῖται νῦν. ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ Ἀλέξανδρος δηλοῦν οὐ τὸν διὰ τῶν νήσων πλοῦν πεποιημένον, τὸν εἴσω ἄγοντα, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἔξω. ὑπονοῶν γὰρ διωχθήσεσθαι τὴν Κρήτην εὐώνυμον λαμβάνει καὶ τὴν Ἀσίαν παραλεγόμενος εἰς Φοινίκην ἔρχεται. τὸ ἐθνικόν, εἰ μὲν τῆς Λακωνικῆς, Κραναάτης ὡς Καρυάτης, εἰ δὲ τῆς Ἀττικῆς, Κραναῖος ὡς Ἀθηναῖος.

Kranae: a Lakonian island. Homer: 'and on the island Kranae I lay with her.' It lies off Gytheion. Attica too was so called, after Kranaos. For some have taken Homer’s 'in Kranae' in place of 'in Attica'. It is now called Helene. It seems to me that Alexandros indicates not the voyage made through the islands, the one that leads inward, but the outward one. For, supposing that he would be pursued, he takes Crete on his left and, coasting along Asia, comes to Phoinike. The ethnonym, if it is of Lakonia, is 'Kranaates'; but if of Attica, 'Kranaeios'.

Text Details

Entry	#203
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 381.3 · Billerbeck Κ203
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-21
Word count	82
AI translation	legacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ὅμηρος (Homer)	(Γ 445)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κραναή	Kranae (island) · place
Λακωνική	Laconia / Laconian (region) · place
Κραναή	Kranae (Homeric form) · place
Γύθειον	Gythion (Gythium) · place
Ἀττική	Attica · place
Κραναός	Kranaos / Kranae (gen.) · place
Ἀττική	Attica (Homeric form) · place
Ἑλένη	Helen · person
Ἀλέξανδρος	Alexander · person
Κρήτη	Crete · place
Ἀσία	Asia · place
Φοινίκη	Phoenicia · place
Λακωνική	Laconia (gen.) · place
Κραναάτης	Kranaean (inhabitant of Kranae) · people
Καρυάτης	Caryate (inhabitant of Karyai) · people
Κραναῖος	Kranaean (adj./inhabitant) · people
Ἀθηναῖος	Athenian · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	Thus the Attic [deme/region] was also called from Kranaos (i.e., from the eponymous King Kranaos).
Unclear Metalinguistic	For some have taken the Homeric 'Kranae' to mean 'of Attes' (i.e., to replace 'of Attis' or relate to Attica).
Unclear Metalinguistic	The ethnic name: if of Laconia, 'Kranaates' as 'Karyatis'; but if of Attica, 'Kranaeos' like 'Athenaios'.

Links

Place links	Cranae \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
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Herodian overlaps

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Herodian 1.305

char LCS 46 (11.1%) · word LCS 9 (11.1%)

Stephanos

Κραναή, νῆσος Λακωνική. Ὅμηρος “νήσῳ δ´ ἐν Κραναῇ ἐμίγην”. ἥτις πρόκειται τοῦ Γυθείου. οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ ἡ Ἀττικὴ ἀπὸ Κραναοῦ. ἐξειλήφασι γάρ τινες οὕτω τὸ Ὁμηρικὸν τὸ Κραναῇ ἀντὶ τοῦ Ἀτθίδι. Ἑλένη καλεῖται νῦν. ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ Ἀλέξανδρος δηλοῦν οὐ τὸν διὰ τῶν νήσων πλοῦν πεποιημένον, τὸν εἴσω ἄγοντα, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἔξω. ὑπονοῶν γὰρ διωχθήσεσθαι τὴν Κρήτην εὐώνυμον λαμβάνει κ…

Herodian

…νέα κυνῆ, τραγέα τραγῆ. Τὰ εἰς 'η' καθαρὸν μονογενῆ οὐ πολλὰ βαρύνεται, Δαύη πόλις Ἀραβίας. Δανάη. Ἀγαυή ὀξύνεται ἐπιθετικὸν ὄν, ὡσαύτως καὶ Κραναή νῆσος Λακωνική. Ὅμηρος »νήσῳ δ´ ἐν Κραναῇ ἐμίγην« (Il. Γ 445). οὕτως δὲ ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ ἡ Ἀττικὴ ἀπὸ Κραναοῦ. ἐξειλήφασι γάρ τινες τὸ Ὁμηρικὸν τὸ Κραναῇ ἀντὶ τοῦ Ἀτθίδι. καὶ τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ευη' παροξύνεται, χλεύη, Βεύη πόλις Μακεδονίας, Εὔη. τὸ δὲ σκευή ὀξύνεται, καὶ τὰ ἀπ´ αὐτῆς κατασκευή, ἐπισκευή, ὑποσκευή. Τὰ εἰς 'η' καθαρὸν δισύλλαβα τῷ 'ο' παραλ…