Δῶρα - Stephanos Ethnika

Δῶρα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

island

Δῶρα, νῆσος ἐν τῷ Περσικῷ κόλπῳ, καθὰ Στράβων ιϛʹ “τὸν δὲ Μαζήνην ἐπάρχειν νήσου τινὸς τῶν ἐν τῷ Περσικῷ κόλπῳ, καλεῖσθαι δὲ τὴν νῆσον Δῶρα”. ὁ νησιώτης Δωρίτης, ὡς τοῦ Στάγειρα Σταγειρίτης Ἄβδηρα Ἀβδηρίτης. οὕτω καὶ Ὦρος. εἰ δὲ τῷ τῆς χώρας τύπῳ χαρακτηρισθῆναι δεῖ, Δωρηνός ὡς Σωφηνός Ἀραξηνός Νισιβηνός.

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Text Details

Entry	#148
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 250.14
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-22
Word count	20

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)	(16,3,7 [C 767,4])

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δῶρα	Dōra (island) · place · corrected · Q11939596
Περσικὸς κόλπος	Persian Gulf · place
Δωρίτης	Dorite (inhabitant of Dōra) · people
Δωρηνός	Dōrēnos / Dorenos (inhabitant/demonym) · people
Ἀραξηνός	Araxenus (inhabitant of the Araxes region) · people
Δῶρα	place · explicit · wikidata: Q1243563 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Dôra: an island in the Persian Gulf. The islander is called 'Δωρίτης'; but according to the local form of the country, 'Δωρηνός', like 'Ἀραξηνός'.

Links

Place links	Dora \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_131.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his Y"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS 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 · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + 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 · 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 · 1 occurrence
Gloss	κόλπος ὁ gloss:ba395d16c244385c	gulf, bay Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Gloss	νησιώτης ὁ gloss:ef8de9dec54fa178	islander Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χώρα 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.384

char LCS 110 (44.9%) · word LCS 25 (50.0%)

Stephanos

Δῶρα, νῆσος ἐν τῷ Περσικῷ κόλπῳ, καθὰ Στράβων ιϛʹ “τὸν δὲ Μαζήνην ἐπάρχειν νήσου τινὸς τῶν ἐν τῷ Περσικῷ κόλπῳ, καλεῖσθαι δὲ τὴν νῆσον Δῶρα”. ὁ νησιώτης Δωρίτης, ὡς τοῦ Στάγειρα Σταγειρίτης Ἄβδηρα Ἀβδηρίτης. οὕτω καὶ Ὦρος. εἰ δὲ τῷ τῆς χώρας τύπῳ χαρακτηρισθῆναι δεῖ, Δωρηνός ὡς Σωφηνός Ἀραξηνός Νισιβηνός.

Herodian

…δωρος Δῶρα τὴν πόλιν οἶδεν ἐν ἐπιτομῇ τῶν ιαʹ «συνεχῶς δ´ ἐστὶ Στράτωνος πύργος, εἶτα ἔνι Δῶρα ἐπὶ χερσονησοειδοῦς τόπου κείμενον πολισμάτιον, ἀρχομένου τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ Καρμήλου» καὶ ἐν θʹ γεωγραφουμένων τὸ αὐτό. ἔστι καὶ Δῶρα νῆσος ἐν τῷ Περσικῷ κόλπῳ, καθὰ Στράβων ιϛʹ «τὸν δὲ Μαζήνην ἐπάρχειν νήσου τινὸς τῶν ἐν τῷ Περσικῷ κόλπῳ, καλεῖσθαι δὲ τὴν νῆσον Δῶρα». Κῶρον πόλις τῆς Καππαδοκίας. μῶρον ὁ καρπὸς τῆς βάτου. Δοῦρα πόλις Μεσοποταμίας, ὡς Πολύβιος πέμπτῃ.

Herodian 1.340

char LCS 21 (8.6%) · word LCS 5 (10.0%)

Stephanos

Δῶρα, νῆσος ἐν τῷ Περσικῷ κόλπῳ, καθὰ Στράβων ιϛʹ “τὸν δὲ Μαζήνην ἐπάρχειν νήσου τινὸς τῶν ἐν τῷ Περσικῷ κόλπῳ, καλεῖσθαι δὲ τὴν νῆσον Δῶρα”. ὁ νησιώτης Δωρίτης, ὡς τοῦ Στάγειρα Σταγειρίτης Ἄβδηρα Ἀβδηρίτης. οὕτω καὶ Ὦρος. εἰ δὲ τῷ τῆς χώρας τύπῳ χαρα…

Herodian

…ως, ὡς παρὰ τῷ ποιητῇ (Il. Ζ 152) ἔστι πόλις Ἐφύρη μυχῷ Ἄργεος ἱπποβότοιο. ἔστι δὲ ἡ νῦν λεγομένη Κόρινθος. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Ἐφύρη παρὰ τῷ Θουκυδίδῃ (I, 46, 2). Κύρη· ἔστι δὲ ὄνομα πηγῆς, ἀφ´ ἧς καὶ Κυρήνη πόλις. ἔστι δὲ καὶ νῆσος ἐν τῷ Περσικῷ κόλπῳ. Ἑκαταῖος ἐν περιηγήσεως δευτέρῳ. Τερψιχόρη. Ἀττικοὶ δὲ διὰ τοῦ 'α' φασὶ Τερψιχόρα. ἐπὶ κόρρης, σημαίνει δὲ τὸ ἐπὶ κεφαλῆς. κόρση γὰρ ἡ κεφαλὴ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ κόρση καὶ κόρρη ὡς ἄρσην καὶ ἄρρην. Κάτρη καὶ αὕτη πόλις Κρητικὴ…