Κροκύλειον - Stephanos Ethnika

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island

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 Ithake. Thucydides, book 3. The ethnonym is 'Krokyleus'. Herakleon son of Glaukos says that Ithake is divided into four parts, of which the first is towards the south and the sea, the second Neion, the third Krokyleion, the fourth Aigilipas.

Text Details

Entry	#226
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 386.7 · Billerbeck Κ226
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-21
Word count	35
AI translation	legacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Θουκυδίδης (Thucydides)	(3,96,2)
Γλαῦκος (Glaucus)	fr. 20 Berndt

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κροκύλειον	Krokyleion (island) · place
Ἰθάκη	Ithaca · place
Ἡρακλῆς	Heracles · deity
Νῆιον	Nesion (Neion) · place
Αἰγίλιπα	Aigilipa (Aegilipa) · place
Κροκυλεύς	Krokyleus (ethnic/demonym) · other

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
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.)

Links

Place links	Crocyleium \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0702.jpg
Review	Open review page

Herodian overlaps

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Herodian 1.373

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 …