Τάναγρα - Stephanos Ethnika

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Τάναγρα, πόλις Βοιωτίας, ἣν Ὅμηρος Γραῖαν καλεῖ διὰ τὸ πλησίον εἶναι. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ πρότερον Ποιμανδρία· Λυκόφρων “ἣν ἐς βαθεῖαν λαιμίσας Ποιμανδρίαν”. τὴν δὲ Γραῖαν ἔνιοι λέγεσθαι τὸ νῦν τῆς Θηβαϊκῆς καλούμενον ἕδος τινὲς δὲ τὴν Ταναγραίαν, ὧν εἷς ἐστι καὶ Καλλίμαχος, Ἀριστοτέλης δὲ Γραῖαν τὴν νῦν Ὠρωπόν. ἔστι δὲ τόπος τῆς τῶν Ὠρωπίων πόλεως πρὸς τῇ θαλάττῃ. ὁ πολίτης Ταναγραῖος, καὶ Ταναγρίς ἀπὸ τοῦ Τάναγρα, καὶ τὸ Ταναγραῖον. καὶ Ταναγρική. Ἡρόδοτος πέμπτῃ “Ταναγρικὴ μοῖρα”, καὶ Μένανδρος “Ταναγρικὴ γυνή”.

Graia, Poimandria, Tanagrra">Tanagra: a city in Boiotia, which Homer calls 'Graia' because it is nearby. It used formerly to be called 'Poimandria'; Lykophron: 'having gulped her into deep Poimandria'. As for 'Graia', some say that what is now called a site in the Theban territory is meant, while others say the Tanagraian territory; one of these is Kallimachos too. Aristotle says that 'Graia' is the present Oropos. It is a place belonging to the city of the Oropians, by the sea. A citizen is a 'Tanagraios', and there is 'Tanagris', after Tanagras, and the neuter 'Tanagraion'; also 'Tanagrike'. Herodotus, book 5: 'a Tanagrian region', and Menander: 'a Tanagrian woman'.

AI translation — gpt-5.5; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#17
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 600.12
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-22
Word count	79
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ὅμηρος (Homer)	(Β 498)
Λυκόφρων (Lycophron)	(326)
Καλλίμαχος (Callimachus)	fr. 711 Pfeiffer
Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotle)	fr. 613 Rose = fr. 406,2 Gigon
Ἡρόδοτος (Herodotus)	ε (5,57,1)
Μένανδρος (Menander)	fr. 678 Kassel/Austin [PCG VI 2,339]

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Τάναγρα	Tanagra · place
Βοιωτία	Boeotia · place
Γραῖα	Graia · place
Ποιμανδρία	Poimandria · place
Γραῖα	Graia · place
Θηβαϊκή	Theban (district/territory) · place
Ταναγραία	Tanagraia · place
Γραῖα	Graia · place
Ὠρωπός	Oropus · place
Ὠρώπιοι	Oropians · people
Ταναγραῖος	Tanagran · people
Ταναγρίς	Tanagris · place
Τάναγρα	Tanagra · place
Ταναγραῖον	Tanagraion · place
Ταναγρική	Tanagric · other
Ταναγρική	Tanagric · other
Tanagra in Boiotia	place · city · Boiotia · explicit · unresolved
Graia in the Theban territory	place · site or district · Theban territory, Boiotia · implicit · unresolved
Graia in the Tanagraian territory	place · district or territory · Tanagraian territory, Boiotia · implicit · unresolved
Graia / Oropos in Oropian territory	place · city · Oropia, Boiotia · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Place Transfer	Homer calls it Graia because it is nearby (i.e., in proximity to another place or locality).
Unclear Metalinguistic	Previously it was called Poimandria.
Unclear Metalinguistic	Some say that Graia was the place now called the Theban seat/territory, while others identify it with Tanagraia (Tanagra).
Place Transfer	Aristotle, however, identifies Graia with the place now called Oropus.
Morphological Composition	The feminine form Tanagris is derived from Tanagra.

Links

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 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 · 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 · 2 occurrences
Formula	X... πλησίον + Y. (genitive) formula:3d243d130e764a8b	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 occurrences
Gloss	μοῖρα ἡ gloss:f14779ed84e09347	region or part (in geographic contexts); district (in urban contexts only) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen 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 1.152

char LCS 53 (12.8%) · word LCS 8 (10.3%)

Stephanos

…ν Ταναγραίαν, ὧν εἷς ἐστι καὶ Καλλίμαχος, Ἀριστοτέλης δὲ Γραῖαν τὴν νῦν Ὠρωπόν. ἔστι δὲ τόπος τῆς τῶν Ὠρωπίων πόλεως πρὸς τῇ θαλάττῃ. ὁ πολίτης Ταναγραῖος, καὶ Ταναγρίς ἀπὸ τοῦ Τάναγρα, καὶ τὸ Ταναγραῖον. καὶ Ταναγρική. Ἡρόδοτος πέμπτῃ “Ταναγρικὴ μοῖρα”, καὶ Μένανδρος “Ταναγρικὴ γυνή”.

Herodian

…ὶ ἐν Ἀθήναις τεῖχος «Πελαργικόν» ἤτοι Πελασγικόν ὡς ὁ κωμικὸς δηλοῖ ἐν τοῖς Ὄρνισιν (v. 832). «Ῥωσικὸς σκόπελος». Χαλυβδικός μετὰ τοῦ 'δ'. Λυκόφρων «Χαλυβδικῷ κνώδοντι» ( 1109) καὶ ἡ χώρα Χαλυβική. Σινδικός. Ταναγρικός. Ἡρόδοτος πέμπτῃ (c. 57) «Ταναγρικὴ μοῖρα» καὶ Μένανδρος «Ταναγρικὴ γυνή». Χαιρωνικός. Ἀπολλόδωρος ἐν χρονικῶν δευτέρῳ «κατὰ δὲ μάχην, ὥς φασι, τὴν Χαιρωνικήν». Χαονιτικός. Λυκόφρων «φθογγὴν ἑδώλων Χαονιτικῶν ἄπο» (v. 1320). καὶ Χαονικός. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ «ὁ δὲ κόλπος Κιρραῖος καὶ τὸ πεδίον ἐ…

Herodian 1.300

char LCS 39 (9.4%) · word LCS 6 (7.7%)

Stephanos

Τάναγρα, πόλις Βοιωτίας, ἣν Ὅμηρος Γραῖαν καλεῖ διὰ τὸ πλησίον εἶναι. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ πρότερον Ποιμανδρία· Λυκόφρων “ἣν ἐς βαθεῖαν λαιμίσας Ποιμανδρίαν”. τὴν δὲ Γραῖαν ἔνιοι λέγεσθαι τὸ νῦν τῆς Θηβαϊκῆς καλούμενον ἕδος τινὲς δὲ τὴν Ταναγραίαν, ὧν εἷς ἐστι καὶ Καλλίμαχος, Ἀριστοτέλης δὲ Γραῖαν τὴν νῦν Ὠρωπόν. ἔστι δὲ τόπος τῆς τῶν Ὠρωπίων πόλεως πρὸς τῇ θαλάττῃ. ὁ πολίτης Τ…

Herodian

Λυκόφρων (v. 326) «ἣν ἐς βαθεῖαν λαιμίσας Ποιμανδρίαν». Τενεβρία κώμη Ἰβηρίας. Σατρία πόλις Ἰταλίας. Νουκρία πόλις Τυρρηνίας. Φίλιστος ιαʹ. εὕρηται καὶ Νακρία διὰ τοῦ 'α'. Ῥεμουρία πόλις πλησίον Ῥώμης. Τρινακρία ἡ Σικελία παρὰ τὸ τρεῖς ἔχειν ἄκρας. ἢ ὅτι θρίνακί ἐστιν ὁμοία. π…