Δυρράχιον

Entry #143
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 243.3 | Billerbeck: Δ143
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-22
Word count: 292
Translation blocked: Meineke contains several insertions and editorial restorations (bracketed καὶ, supplied article ὁ, explicit citations like Strabo and Philo attribution), and a clearer localizing clause (ἔστιν ἐν Ἐπιδάμνῳ) absent or truncated in the Billerbeck OCR excerpt. There are also orthographic and numeric notation variants and an English/OCR annotation present in Billerbeck's truncated excerpt.
Sources: Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander) SH 25 [Ἐυρώπῃ], Δέξιππος (Dexippus) [Χρονικῶν], Εὐφορίων (Euphorion), Ἐρέννιος Φίλων (Erennios Philon) FGrHist 790 F 53 [τοῖς Ἰατροῖς], Ἐρατοσθένης (Eratosthenes) fr. III B, 109, p. 355 Berger [Γεωγραφουμένων], Γεωγραφουμέναι/Γεωγραφουμένων ((Work) Geographoumenon), Βάλακρος (Balakros) FGrHist 773 F 2 [Μακεδονικοῖς], Παυσανίας (Pausanias) (6,10,8)
Entities: Δυρράχιον (Dyrrhachium (Durrës)) [place], Δυρράχιον (Dyrrhachium (variant spelling)) [place], Ἰλλυρία (Illyria) [place], Ἐπίδαμνος (Epidamnos (Epidamnus)) [place], Μέλισσα (Melissa) [person], Ποσειδῶν (Poseidon) [deity], Δυρράχιος (Dyrrachios (eponym)) [person], Μελισσώνιος (Melissonios (place)) [place], Εὐρώπη (Europe) [place], Κερκυραῖοι (Corcyraeans (inhabitants of Corcyra)) [people], Μακεδόνες (Macedonians) [people], Ταυλάντιοι (Taulantii (Illyrian tribe)) [people], Δυρραχηνοί (Dyrrachenians (inhabitants of Dyrrhachium)) [people], Φιλωνίδης (Philonides) [person], Ἀσκληπιάδης (Asclepiades) [person], Τίτος Αὐφίδιος Σικελός (Titus Aufidius the Sicilian) [person], Νίκων Ἀκραγαντῖνος (Nikon of Akragas) [person], Ἀνακτόριον (Anaktorion (place)) [place], Ἀνακτόριος (Anaktorios (place-name adjective)) [place], Βυζάντιον (Byzantion (Byzantium/Constantinople)) [place], Βυζάντιος (Byzantios (Byzantian, adj./eponym)) [place], Θούριον (Thourion (Thurii)) [place], Θούριος (Thourios (adj./eponym)) [place], Κούριον (Kourion) [place], Κούριος (Kourios (adj./eponym)) [place], Δρίλων (Drilon (river)) [place], Ἄωος (Aoos (river)) [place], Κάδμος (Cadmus) [person], Ἁρμονία (Harmonia) [person], Ἀπολλωνιάται/Ἀπολλωνιάταις (Apolloniates (inhabitants of Apollonia)) [people], Ἐπιδάμνιοι (Epidaemnians (inhabitants of Epidamnos)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: Called 'Epidamnos', from Epida(m)nos (i.e. named after Epida(m)nos).; Eponym Person: This 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 Person: The 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 Metalinguistic: Formerly Epidamnon, later renamed Dyrrhachion (i.e. the city was renamed).
Place: Epidamnos | 📍 Map
Source: vol2_109.jpg, vol2_111.jpg, vol2_113.jpg, vol2_115.jpg
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