Κρῖσα - Stephanos Ethnika

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Κρῖσα, πόλις Φωκίδος. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἀπὸ Κρίσου Φώκου υἱοῦ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κρισαῖος καὶ Κρισαῖον πεδίον. εἰσὶ καὶ Κρῖσαι ἄλλαι. Τρωική. ἔστι καὶ Αἰολίδος Κρῖσα· τινὲς δὲ τὴν αὐτὴν τῇ Κίρρᾳ φασί. λέγεται τὸ θηλυκὸν Κρισηιάς, ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ Κρισεύς.

Krisa: a city of Phokis. Hekataios in his Europa. From Krisos son of Phokos. The ethnonym is 'Krisaeos', and 'Krisaion plain'. There are also other Krisai: a Trojan one. There is also a Krisa of Aiolis. Some say that it is the same as Kirrha. The feminine is said to be 'Kriseias'.

Text Details

Entry	#221
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 385.4 · Billerbeck Κ221
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-21
Word count	39
AI translation	legacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	Εὐρώπῃ · FGrHist 1 F 115a

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κρῖσα	Krisa · place
Φωκίς	Phocis · place
Κρίσος	Krisos · person
Φώκος	Phocus · person
Κρισαῖος	Crisaean (ethnic) · people
Κρισαῖον	Crisaean (neuter form, ethnic) · people
Κρῖσα	Krisae (plural) · place
Τρωική	Trojan / of the Troad (Troas) · place
Αἰολίς	Aeolis · place
Κίρρα	Kirrha · place
Κρισηιάς	Kriseias (feminine ethnicon) · people
Κρισεύς	Kriseus · person

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	From Krîsus, son of Phôkus (i.e. the place is said to be named after Krîsus, son of Phôkus).
Place Transfer	Some say the same (place) as Kirrha (i.e. they identify or equate the name with Kirrha).
Eponym Person	The feminine is called Krisheias, as from Kriseus (i.e. said to derive from the person Kriseus).

Links

Place links	Crisa \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0689.jpg
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Herodian overlaps

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Herodian 1.266

char LCS 49 (25.5%) · word LCS 9 (23.1%)

Stephanos

Κρῖσα, πόλις Φωκίδος. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἀπὸ Κρίσου Φώκου υἱοῦ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κρισαῖος καὶ Κρισαῖον πεδίον. εἰσὶ καὶ Κρῖσαι ἄλλαι. Τρωική. ἔστι καὶ Αἰολίδος Κρῖσα· τινὲς δὲ τὴν αὐτὴν τῇ Κίρρᾳ φασί. λέγεται τὸ θηλυκὸν Κρισηιάς, ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ Κρισεύς.

Herodian

…ον ὁμοίως ἐν χρήσει τῇ τῶν παλαιῶν καὶ τῇ κοινῇ συνηθείᾳ. τὸ γὰρ Δοῦσα κύριον καθ´ ἱστορίαν ἐστὶ λεγόμενον ἥ τε Χοῦσα πόλις Αἰγυπτίων. πεῖσα ἡ πειθώ, μεθ´ ὧν γλῶσσα, πίσσα, νύσσα ὁ καμπτήρ. Φαῖσα, δεῖσα ἡ ὑγρασία. Τῖσα, Κρῖσα πόλις Φωκίδος. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ ἀπὸ Κρίσου Φώκου υἱοῦ. Ὅμηρος »Κρῖσάν τε ζαθέην« (Β 520). ἔστι δὲ ἡ αὐτὴ τῇ Κίρρᾳ. γίνεται γὰρ ὑπερθέσει Κίρσα καὶ ἀντιθέσει τοῦ 'σ' εἰς 'ρ' Κίρρα ὡς χερσόνησος χερρόνησος. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλαι Κρῖσαι. ἔστι καὶ Αἰολίδος Κρῖσα. κνῖσα. γίνεται δὲ ἀπ…