Δυρράχιον

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Δυρράχιον, πόλις Ἰλλυρική, [καὶ] Ἐπίδαμνος κληθεῖσα ἀπὸ Ἐπιδάμνου. τούτου θυγάτηρ Μέλισσα, ἧς καὶ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος ὁ Δυρράχιος· ἀφ´ ἧς ἔστιν ἐν Ἐπιδάμνῳ τόπος Μελισσώνιος, ἔνθα Ποσειδῶν αὐτῇ συνῆλθεν, ὡς Φίλων. [Στράβων δ´ ἐν ηʹ φησί] “μετὰ δὲ τὸν Ῥιζονικὸν Λίσσος ἐστὶ πόλις καὶ Ἀκρόλισσος καὶ Ἐπίδαμνος Κερκυραίων κτίσμα, ἡ νῦν Δυρράχιον ὁμωνύμως τῇ χερρονήσῳ λεγομένη ἐφ´ ἧς ἵδρυται”. Δέξιππος δὲ ἐν χρονικῶν ιʹ φησὶν οὕτως “καὶ Μακεδόνων τὴν [πρότερον] μὲν Ἐπίδαμνον, ἐσύστερον δὲ Δυρράχιον μετονομασθεῖσαν, πόλιν τῆς Μακεδονίας μεγάλην καὶ εὐδαίμονα κατὰ κράτος αἱροῦσιν”. Ἀλέξανδρος δὲ ἐν Εὐρώπῃ μετὰ τοῦ « σ » Δυσράχιον αὐτὴν καλεῖ “Δυσραχίου τ´ Ἐπίδαμνος ἐπ´ ἀγχιάλου χθονὸς ἀκτῆς”. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Λακωνικῆς μία τῶν ρʹ. λέγεται δὲ καὶ ἡ χώρα τῆς Ἰλλυρίας Δυρραχία· Εὐφορίων “ἄστεα Δυρραχίης τε καὶ ἔθνεα Ταυλαντίνων”. καὶ δῆλον ὅτι Δυρράχιος τὸ τούτου ἀρσενικόν, ὡς τοῦ Ἀνακτόριον τὸ Ἀνακτόριος, Βυζάντιον Βυζάντιος, Θούριον Θούριος, Κούριον Κούριος. Ἐρατοσθένης γʹ γεωγραφουμένων “ἐχόμενοι δ´ οἰκοῦσι Ταυλάντιοι. πόλις δὲ Ἑλληνὶς Ἐπίδαμνος ἐπὶ χερρονήσου τῆς καλουμένης Δυρραχίου. ποταμοὶ δὲ Δρίλων καὶ Ἀῶος, περὶ οὓς οἱ Κάδμου καὶ Ἁρμονίας τάφοι δείκνυνται”. ὅμως δὲ νῦν Δυρραχηνοί λέγονται. οὕτω γὰρ καὶ Βάλακρος ἐν Μακεδονικοῖς φησί “καὶ τούτων αἱ πόλεις Δυρραχηνοῖς τε καὶ Ἀπολλωνιάταις ἐπιδιῄρηνται”. καὶ Ἑρέννιος Φίλων ἐν τοῖς Ἰατρικοῖς Δυρραχηνὸν ἀναγράφει Φιλωνίδην οὕτως “Ἀσκληπιάδης ἀκουστὰς ἔσχε Τίτον Αὐφίδιον Σικελὸν καὶ Φιλωνίδην Δυρραχηνὸν καὶ Νίκωνα Ἀκραγαντῖνον”. καὶ πάλιν “Φιλωνίδης δὲ ὁ Δυρραχηνὸς ἤκουσε μὲν Ἀσκληπιάδου, ἰατρεύσας δὲ ἐν τῇ πατρίδι ἐνδόξως συνετάξατο βιβλία μέ”. λέγει δὲ Παυσανίας ϛʹ περὶ τῆς ἀρχαίας καὶ τῆς νῦν πόλεως οὕτως “Ἐπιδάμνιοι μὲν χώραν ἥν περ καὶ ἐξ ἀρχῆς, πόλιν δὲ οὐ τὴν ἀρχαίαν ἐπὶ ἡμῶν ἔχουσιν, ἐκείνης δ´ ἀφεστηκυῖαν ὀλίγον· ὄνομα δὲ τῇ πόλει [τῇ νῦν] Δυρράχιον ἀπὸ τοῦ οἰκιστοῦ”.

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Text Details

Entry#143
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 243.3 · Billerbeck Δ143
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-22
Word count292

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander)Ἐυρώπῃ · SH 25
Δέξιππος (Dexippus)Χρονικῶν
Εὐφορίων (Euphorion)—
Ἐρέννιος Φίλων (Erennios Philon)τοῖς Ἰατροῖς · FGrHist 790 F 53
Ἐρατοσθένης (Eratosthenes)Γεωγραφουμένων · fr. III B, 109, p. 355 Berger
Γεωγραφουμέναι/Γεωγραφουμένων ((Work) Geographoumenon)—
Βάλακρος (Balakros)Μακεδονικοῖς · FGrHist 773 F 2
Παυσανίας (Pausanias)(6,10,8)
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΔυρράχιονDyrrhachium (Durrës) · place · corrected · Q504771
ΔυρράχιονDyrrhachium (variant spelling) · place · corrected · Q504771
ἸλλυρίαIllyria · place
ἘπίδαμνοςEpidamnos (Epidamnus) · place · corrected · Q3567546
ΜέλισσαMelissa · person
ΠοσειδῶνPoseidon · deity · corrected · Q41127
ΔυρράχιοςDyrrachios (eponym) · person
ΜελισσώνιοςMelissonios (place) · place
ΕὐρώπηEurope · place
ΚερκυραῖοιCorcyraeans (inhabitants of Corcyra) · people
ΜακεδόνεςMacedonians · people
ΤαυλάντιοιTaulantii (Illyrian tribe) · people · corrected · Q1271795
ΔυρραχηνοίDyrrachenians (inhabitants of Dyrrhachium) · people
ΦιλωνίδηςPhilonides · person
ἈσκληπιάδηςAsclepiades · person
Τίτος Αὐφίδιος ΣικελόςTitus Aufidius the Sicilian · person · corrected · Q11951960
Νίκων ἈκραγαντῖνοςNikon of Akragas · person
ἈνακτόριονAnaktorion (place) · place
ἈνακτόριοςAnaktorios (place-name adjective) · place
ΒυζάντιονByzantion (Byzantium/Constantinople) · place · corrected · Q23725
ΒυζάντιοςByzantios (Byzantian, adj./eponym) · place
ΘούριονThourion (Thurii) · place · corrected · Q6924107
ΘούριοςThourios (adj./eponym) · place
ΚούριονKourion · place · corrected · Q1785592
ΚούριοςKourios (adj./eponym) · place
ΔρίλωνDrilon (river) · place · corrected · Q213975
ἌωοςAoos (river) · place · corrected · Q81503
ΚάδμοςCadmus · person · corrected · Q27613
ἉρμονίαHarmonia · person
Ἀπολλωνιάται/ἈπολλωνιάταιςApolloniates (inhabitants of Apollonia) · people
ἘπιδάμνιοιEpidaemnians (inhabitants of Epidamnos) · people
Dyrrhachion / Epidamnos (Illyrian city)place · city · Illyria · explicit · unresolved
Dyrrhachia (country/region of Illyria)place · region · Illyria · explicit · unresolved
Melissonios (place in Epidamnos)place · place · Epidamnos / Dyrrhachion · explicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonCalled 'Epidamnos', from Epida(m)nos (i.e. named after Epida(m)nos).
Eponym PersonThis man's daughter Melissa … from whom the place (Melissōnios) (is named).
Eponym Person(The) Dyrrhachios of Poseidon (i.e. Dyrrhachios as a (mythical) person associated with Poseidon, serving as eponym).
Eponym PersonThe name of the city Dyrrhachion is from the oikist (the founder).
Morphological Composition‘Dyrrhachios’ is the masculine form of the place-name, as Anaktorion→Anaktorios, Byzantion→Byzantios, Thourion→Thourios, Kourion→Kouros — i.e. a morphological formation of the ethnicon/anthroponym from the place-name.
Unclear MetalinguisticFormerly Epidamnon, later renamed Dyrrhachion (i.e. the city was renamed).

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON)
formula:8856d9e4780f3c74
Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH)
formula:1bb0974b95264dde
Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaτὸ 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 · 2 occurrences
FormulaΧ (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME)
formula:c22408ee90fd1a1e
Translate as "X, in book Y of his *Z*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:bcd70ae781e7b205
Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:7163e35f4bd326d9
Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossκαλεῖται/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
Glossχώρα ἡ
gloss:54f628c16aa263ce
region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις); land (remote or poetical places)
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
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