Κρῖσα - Stephanos Ethnika

Κρῖσα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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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.

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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

Cited Authors

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

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κρῖσα	Krisa · place · corrected · Q1445864
Φωκίς	Phocis · place · corrected · Q2637650
Κρίσος	Krisos · person
Φώκος	Phocus · person · corrected · Q836311
Κρισαῖος	Crisaean (ethnic) · people
Κρισαῖον	Crisaean (neuter form, ethnic) · people
Κρῖσα	Krisae (plural) · place · corrected · Q1445864
Τρωική	Trojan / of the Troad (Troas) · place
Αἰολίς	Aeolis · place · corrected · Q255325
Κίρρα	Kirrha · place · corrected · Q56754242
Κρισηιάς	Kriseias (feminine ethnicon) · people
Κρισεύς	Kriseus · person
Krisa (Phokis)	place · city · Phokis · explicit · wikidata: Q21601188 · candidate
Krisa (Trojan)	place · city · Troy · explicit · wikidata: Q21601188 · candidate
Krisa (Aiolis/Kirrha?)	place · city · Aiolis · explicit · wikidata: Q21601188 · candidate

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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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 3 occurrences
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

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…