Κυβέλεια - Stephanos Ethnika

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Κυβέλεια, πόλις Ἰωνίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Ἡρωδιανὸς δὲ Κυβέλην φησὶ πόλιν Φοινίκης. ἔστι καὶ Κύβελα Φρυγίας. καὶ Κύβελα ὄρος ἱερόν, ἀφ´ οὗ Κυβέλη ἡ Ῥέα λέγεται [καὶ] Κυβεληγενής καὶ Κυβελίς. Πείσανδρος δεκάτῳ.

Cybeleia: a city of Ionia. Hecataeus (mentions it) in his Asia. Herodian, however, says that Cybele is a city of Phoenicia. There is also Cybela in Phrygia; and Cybela, a sacred mountain, from which Cybele—Rhea—is said to be so called, and (the epithets) Cybelegenēs and Cybelis. Pisander, in book ten.

Text Details

Entry	#245
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 389.9
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-21
Word count	30
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v1 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	Ἀσίᾳ · FGrHist 1 F 230
Ἡρωδιανός (Herodian (Herodianus))	(1,322,6)
Πεισάνδρος (Peisandros (Peisander))	fr. 9 Heitsch

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κυβέλεια	Kybêleia (town) · place · corrected · Q108834021
Ἰωνία	Ionia · place · corrected · Q620874
Ἀσία	Asia · place
Κυβήλη	Cybele · deity · corrected · Q188236
Φοινίκη	Phoenicia · place · corrected · Q41642
Κύβελα	Kybele (place/name) · place
Φρυγία	Phrygia · place · corrected · Q32579
Κύβελον	Kybelon (mountain) · place
Ῥέα	Rhea · deity
Κυβεληγενής	Kubele-genēs (epithet of Rhea/Cybele) · deity
Κυβελίς	Kybelis (epithet/name) · deity
Cybeleia in Ionia	place · city · Ionia · explicit · wikidata: Q65070078 · candidate
Cybele in Phoenicia	place · city · Phoenicia · explicit · wikidata: Q188236 · candidate
Cybela in Phrygia	place · city · Phrygia · explicit · wikidata: Q108834021 · candidate
Mount Cybela in Phrygia	place · mountain · Phrygia · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Place Transfer	Herodianus says that Kybele(n) is a city of Phoenicia.
Place Transfer	From which (mountain) Rhea is called Kybele and (epithets) 'Kubelegenes' and 'Kubelis'.

Links

Place links	Cybeleia \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0769.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	[NO ANTECEDENT] + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:85dbc02f91e20d41	Translate as "as per 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 3 occurrences
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
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 (MASCULINE ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:04e9b95236efcdc4	Translate as "X... from/after whom is 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (NEUTER ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:36c80425f64385f6	Translate as "X... from which is Y" or "X... as per 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ὄρος ὁ gloss:184051ff413f789d	mountain, mount (X ὄρος = 'Mount X') Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES	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.

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.