Κροκύλειον - Stephanos Ethnika

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island

Entry #226
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 386.7 | Billerbeck: Κ226
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-21
Word count: 35
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Θουκυδίδης (Thucydides) (3,96,2), Γλαῦκος (Glaucus) fr. 20 Berndt
Entities: Κροκύλειον (Krokyleion (island)) [place], Ἰθάκη (Ithaca) [place], Ἡρακλῆς (Heracles) [deity], Νῆιον (Nesion (Neion)) [place], Αἰγίλιπα (Aigilipa (Aegilipa)) [place], Κροκυλεύς (Krokyleus (ethnic/demonym)) [other]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: “Krokyleion: island of Ithaca.” (Statement equating the name Κροκύλειον with Ithaca — a naming/identification, not an origin.); Unclear Metalinguistic: “the ethnicon/demonym (is) Krokyleus.” (Gives the ethnic name derived from Κροκύλειον; a metalinguistic note rather than an etymological explanation.)
Place: Crocyleium | 📍 Map
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Κροκύλειον, νῆσος Ἰθάκης. Θουκυδίδης τρίτῃ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κροκυλεύς. Ἡρακλέων δὲ ὁ Γλαύκου τετραμερῆ φησι τὴν Ἰθάκην, ἧς τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐπὶ μεσημβρίαν καὶ θάλατταν ...., καὶ τὸ δεύτερον Νήιον, καὶ τὸ τρίτον Κροκύλειον, τὸ τέταρτον Αἰγίλιπα.

Krokyleion: an island of Ithaka. Thucydides, Book 3. The ethnic is Krokyleus. But Herakleōn son of Glaukos says that Ithaka is fourfold, of which the first part lies toward the south and the sea, the second is Neïon, the third Krokyleion, and the fourth Aigilipas.

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char LCS 77 (41.0%) · word LCS 16 (45.7%)

Stephanos

Κροκύλειον, νῆσος Ἰθάκης. Θουκυδίδης τρίτῃ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κροκυλεύς. Ἡρακλέων δὲ ὁ Γλαύκου τετραμερῆ φησι τὴν Ἰθάκην, ἧς τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐπὶ μεσημβρίαν καὶ θάλατταν ...., καὶ τὸ δεύτερον Νήιον, καὶ τὸ τρίτον Κροκύλειον, τὸ τέταρτον Αἰγίλιπα.

Herodian

…ἀπὸ Ἕρμωνος τοῦ Λυδῶν βασιλέως. τὸν γὰρ Ἕρμωνα Λυδοὶ Ἄδραμυν καλοῦσι Φρυγιστί. οὐ δύναται δὲ διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν τὸ 'τ' τὸ Ἄδραμυς. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Ἀδραμύττιον, ὡς Κρατῖνος. Κροκύλειον νῆσος Ἰθάκης. Θουκυδίδης τρίτῃ (c. 96). Ἡρακλέων δὲ ὁ Γλαύκου τετραμερῆ φησι τὴν Ἰθάκην, ἧς τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐπὶ μεσημβρίαν καὶ θάλατταν Νήριτον καὶ τὸ δεύτερον Νήϊον καὶ τὸ τρίτον Κροκύλειον, τὸ τέταρτον Αἰγίλιπα. Ὑπάτειον ὄνομα ὄρους Καρίας. Ἐφιάλτειον ὄνομα ὄρους. Κηρύκειον ὄνομα λόφου, οὗ φασιν τὸν Ἑρμῆν ἀναβάντα τὴν γένεσιν τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος τοῖς θεοῖς …