Σειρήνουσαι - Stephanos Ethnika

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Σειρήνουσαι, νῆσοι ἐν τῇ Ἰταλίᾳ περὶ τὸν πορθμὸν ἐπ´ αὐτῆς τῆς ἄκρας κείμεναι προπεπτωκότος τόπου καὶ διαλαμβάνοντος τοὺς κόλπους, τόν [τε] περιέχοντα Κύμην [καὶ] τὸν διειληφότα τὴν καλουμένην Ποσειδωνίαν, ἐν ᾧ καὶ νεὼς αὐτῶν ἵδρυται καὶ τιμῶνται καθ´ ὑπερβολήν. ὧν καὶ τὰ ὀνόματα ταῦτα, Παρθενόπη καὶ Λευκωσία καὶ Λίγεια. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Σειρηνούσιος καὶ Σειρηνουσαῖος.

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Text Details

Entry	#96
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 559.4
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-19
Word count	55

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	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 1.269

char LCS 262 (87.6%) · word LCS 49 (90.7%)

Stephanos

Σειρήνουσαι, νῆσοι ἐν τῇ Ἰταλίᾳ περὶ τὸν πορθμὸν ἐπ´ αὐτῆς τῆς ἄκρας κείμεναι προπεπτωκότος τόπου καὶ διαλαμβάνοντος τοὺς κόλπους, τόν [τε] περιέχοντα Κύμην [καὶ] τὸν διειληφότα τὴν καλουμένην Ποσειδωνίαν, ἐν ᾧ καὶ νεὼς αὐτῶν ἵδρυται καὶ τιμῶνται καθ´ ὑπερβολήν. ὧν καὶ τὰ ὀνόματα ταῦτα, Παρθενόπη καὶ Λευκωσία καὶ Λίγεια. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Σειρηνούσιος καὶ Σειρηνουσαῖος.

Herodian

…Κνιδίας. Πορφύρουσα ἐκαλεῖτο νῆσος Κύθηρα διὰ τὸ κάλλος τῶν περὶ αὐτὴν πορφυρῶν, ὡς Ἀριστοτέλης. Ὀφίουσα ἐκαλεῖτο ἡ Κύθνος νῆσος. Λάγουσα νῆσος περὶ Κρήτην. Στράβων δεκάτῃ. Δρύουσα καὶ Ἀνθέμουσα ἐκαλεῖτο πρότερον Σάμος. Σειρήνουσαι «νῆσοι ἐν τῇ Ἰταλίᾳ περὶ τὸν πορθμὸν ἐπ´ αὐτῆς τῆς ἄκρας κείμεναι προπεπτωκότος τόπου καὶ διαλαμβάνοντος τοὺς κόλπους, τόν τε περιέχοντα Κύμην καὶ τὸν διειληφότα τὴν καλουμένην Ποσειδωνίαν, ἐν ᾧ καὶ νεὼς αὐτῶν ἵδρυται καὶ τιμῶνται καθ´ ὑπερβολήν. ὧν καὶ τὰ ὀνόματα ταῦτα, Παρθενόπη καὶ Λευκωσία καὶ Λίγεια» (Aristot. Ausc. mir. c. 110). Σίδουσα πόλις Ἰωνίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ «ἐν δὲ Σίδουσα πόλις». Σκότουσα πόλις καὶ χωρίον τῆς ἐν Θεσσαλίᾳ Πελασγίας, καὶ πληθυντικῶς Σκότουσαι. Μαράθουσα νῆσος πρὸς Κλαζομεναῖς. Μελίτουσα πόλις…