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Entry #149
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: - | Billerbeck: Δ149
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-22
Word count: 336
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ὅμηρος (Homer) Β 594, Δικαίαρχος (Dikaiarchos) fr. 61 Wehrli [Βίου τῆς Ἑλλάδος], Βίος τῆς Ἑλλάδος (Life of the Greeks) fr. 61 Wehrli, Ἐπαφρόδιτος (Epaphroditos) fr. 69 Braswell/Billerbeck = fr. 28 Lünzner, Δωσίθεος (Dositheos) FGrHist 54 F 2, Ἡρόδοτος (Herodotus) 1,56,2–3, Θουκυδίδης (Thucydides) 3,92,4, Ἄνδρων (Andron) FGrHist 10 F 16b, Χάραξ (Charax (Harax)) FGrHist 103 F 6
Entities: Δώριον (Dorion) [place], Δωρίς (Doris) [place], Πτελεών (Pteleon) [place], Ἕλος (Helos) [place], Πτελέας (Pteleas) [place], Πελασγιώτις (Pelasgiotis) [place], Δωριεῖς (Dorians) [people], Κρήτη (Crete) [place], Θάμυρας (Thamyras) [person], Δώριον (Dorion) [place], Δευκαλίων (Deucalion) [person], Φθιῶτις (Phthiotis) [place], Ὄσσα (Mount Ossa) [place], Ὄλυμπος (Mount Olympus) [place], Ἱστιαιώτις (Histiæotis) [place], Καδμεῖοι (Cadmeans) [people], Πίνδος (Pindus) [place], Μακεδνός (Macedon/Macedonian) [place], Δρυοπίς/Δρυοπίδα (Dryopida (Dryopes)) [people], Πελοπόννησος (Peloponnese) [place], Κρῆτες (Cretans) [people], Δωριεῖς (Dorians) [people], Πελασγοί (Pelasgians) [people], Τέκταφος (Tektaphos (Tectaphus)) [person], Θετταλία (Thessaly) [place], Ἀχαιοί (Achaeans) [people], Τυρρηνία (Tyrrhenia) [place], Θεσσαλός (Thessalus) [person], Αἰᾱτος (Aiatus (father of Thessalus)) [person], Ἄρνη (Arne) [place], Βοιωτοί (Boeotians) [people], Δῶρος/Δώρος (Dorus) [person], Ἑλλάς (Hellas (Greece)) [place], Σουνιεύς (Sounieus (Σουνιεύς)) [person], Τραχινῖες/Τραχινῖοι (Trachinians) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: That Thamyras discovered the harmony and gave the city the eponymous name Dorion.; Eponym Person: Dorus, son of Hellen, had first taken it and it was formerly called Doris after him.; Place Transfer: And from Dryopis, having thus come into the Peloponnese, he (they) was called Dorian.; Morphological Composition: The ethnic name 'Dōrios' (and 'Dōrieus').; Eponym Person: It was called Doris from him formerly, and later was renamed Histiaotis.; Unclear Metalinguistic: He settled (it) called formerly 'Dorida'.
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Δώριον, πόλις μία τῶν τριῶν ὧν Ὅμηρος μνημονεύει “καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλος καὶ Δώριον”. Δικαίαρχος δὲ τέτταρας ταύτας εἶναί φησι, καὶ Πτελέας, οὐ Πτελεόν τὴν μίαν καλεῖ, κατὰ τὸ πρῶτον τοῦ βίου τῆς Ἑλλάδος βιβλίον “τῶν δ´ ἐν τῇ Πελασγιώτιδι χώρᾳ Δωριέων κατοικούντων μέρος τι μετὰ τῶν ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις . . . . . . τῶν εἰς Κρήτην ψ . . . . . λόμενον αὐτοῦ κ . . . . . ων· τὴν πρότε . . . . . Δωρίδα καλ . . . . . . ᾤκισε· κυτι . . . . . . ὕστερον οἱ μ . . . . . . ἐν Πελοπ . . . . . . μονα ἄρ . . . . . . σαν· τὸ δ . . . . . . ἐν πεδ . . . . . . διτος . . . . . . μεταγ . . . . . . δώρι . . . . . . γόρ . . . . . . ὁλο . . . . . . στορ . . . . . . ἀρ . . . . . . . ἀ . . . . . . . φ . . . . . . . ρ . . . . . . . μ . . . . . . . φ . . . . . . . . . . . . ῳ περὶ Μεσσήνην κα. . . . . ἁρμονίαν καὶ τῆς . . . . . ρορεῦσαι Δώριον. εἶ . . . . . οὐ πρῶτον ἐν δελ. . . . . στήματι τούτῳ . . . . . ρεῦσαι τοὺς ἄλλους . . . . . ιοι γὰρ ἀφ´ ὧν . . . . . σ ὡς Σουνιεὺς . . . . . . τὸ γένος . . . . . . γορίαν εἴ. . . . . . Δωριὰν . . . . . . σ Ζεὺς . . . . . . Δωριεῖς δὲ . . . . . . ὶ τὸν . . . . . . ον οἳ . . . . . . ο. θου . . . . . . ομ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . γῶν . . . . . . . σ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . γνώμην εἶχον τὴν ἀποικίαν ἐκπέμπειν τοῖς τε Τραχινίοις βουλόμενοι καὶ Δωριεῦσι τιμωρεῖν”. Ἡρόδοτος δὲ ἐν τῇ αʹ περὶ τοῦ Δωρικοῦ γένους φησὶ πολυπλάνητον αὐτὸ καλῶν καὶ δεικνὺς οὕτως “τὸ δὲ πολυπλάνητον κάρτα· ἐπὶ μὲν γὰρ Δευκαλίωνος βασιλέος ᾤκεε τὴν Φθιῶτιν, ἐπὶ δὲ Δώρου τοῦ Ἕλληνος τὴν ὑπὸ τὴν Ὄσσαν τε καὶ τὸν Ὄλυμπον χώρην καλεομένην Ἱστιαιῶτιν, ἐκ δὲ Ἱστιαιώτιδος ὡς ἐξανέστη ὑπὸ Καδμείων, ᾤκεεν ἐν Πίνδῳ Μακεδνὸν καλεόμενον, ἐντεῦθεν δὲ αὖτις εἰς τὴν Δρυοπίδα μετέβη, καὶ ἐκ τῆς Δρυοπίδος οὕτως ἐς Πελοπόννησον ἐλθὸν Δωρικὸν ἐκλήθη”. καὶ οἱ Κρῆτες Δωριεῖς ἐκαλοῦντο “Δωριέες τε τριχάϊκες δῖοί τε Πελασγοί”. περὶ ὧν ἱστορεῖ Ἄνδρων, Κρητὸς ἐν τῇ νήσῳ βασιλεύοντος Τέκταφον τὸν Δώρου τοῦ Ἕλληνος, ὁρμήσαντα ἐκ τῆς ἐν Θετταλίᾳ τότε μὲν Δωρίδος νῦν δὲ Ἱστιαιώτιδος καλουμένης, ἀφικέσθαι εἰς Κρήτην μετὰ Δωριέων τε καὶ Ἀχαιῶν καὶ Πελασγῶν τῶν οὐκ ἀπαράντων εἰς Τυρρηνίαν. μέμνηται τῆς Δωρίδος τῆς Θετταλικῆς Χάραξ ἐν ζʹ τῇδε γράφων περὶ Θεσσαλοῦ τοῦ Αἰάτου, [τοῦ] νικήσαντος τοὺς ἐν Ἄρνῃ Βοιωτούς “ὁ δὲ Θεσσαλὸς οὐδὲ τὴν τετάρτην μοῖραν τῆς ἐπωνυμίας μετέβαλεν, ἀλλ´ Ἱστιαιῶτιν αὐτὴν ὡς πρὶν καλεῖσθαι εἴασε. κεῖται δὲ πρὸς δυσμῶν τῆς Πίνδου. Δῶρος δὲ αὐτὴν ὁ Ἕλληνος εἰλήχει τὰ πρῶτα καὶ Δωρὶς ἀπ´ ἐκείνου ἐκαλεῖτο πρότερον, ὕστερον δὲ Ἱστιαιῶτις μετωνομάσθη”.

Dōrion: a city, one of the three which Homer mentions (Il. 2.594): “and Pteleas, Pteleum, Ptelleon">Pteleon and Helos and Dōrion.” But Dicaearchus says that these are four, and he calls one of them Pteleai, not Pteleon, in the first book of his Life of Greece (fr. 61 Wehrli): “Of the Dorians dwelling in the Pelasgiotis region, a certain part, together with those in the outermost districts, set out for Crete …” [Fragmentary continuation, overlapping with the lemma Dōris:] … Epaphroditus (fr. 69 Braswell/Billerbeck = fr. 28 Lünzner) says that in Dōrion near Messene—as Dositheus also states (FGrHist 54 F 2)—Thamyris discovered the ‘harmonia’ (musical scale/mode) and gave the city the eponymous name Dōrion; and that this was the system with which he first gave a demonstration at Delphi. [Further material on the Dorians, likewise continuing the entry on Dōris:] hence the ethnic: Dōrios, and Dōrieus, as Sounieus. They planned to send out the colony, wishing to assist the Trachinians and to punish the Dorians (Thuc. 3.92.4). Herodotus too, in Book 1 (1.56.2–3), calls the Doric people “much-wandering” and explains it as follows: “Indeed it was very much-wandering: in the time of Deucalion as king it inhabited Phthiotis; in the time of Dorus son of Hellen, the region under Ossa and Olympus called Histiaiotis; and from Histiaiotis, when it was driven out by the Cadmeians, it lived in Pindus, in the land called Macednon; from there again it moved into Dryopis; and from Dryopis, thus coming into the Peloponnese, it was called Doric.” The Cretans too were called Dorians (Od. 19.177): “Dorians, threefold-divided, and noble Pelasgians.” On these matters Andron relates (FGrHist 10 F 16b) that, when Cretus was king on the island, Tectaphus son of Dorus son of Hellen, setting out from what was then called Doris in Thessaly (now Histiaiotis), arrived in Crete with Dorians and Achaeans and Pelasgians who had not sailed off to Tyrrhenia. Charax likewise mentions the Thessalian Doris in Book 7 (FGrHist 103 F 6), writing about Thessalus son of Aietus, who defeated the Boeotians in Arne: “Thessalus did not even change the name of the fourth portion, but allowed it to be called Histiaiotis as before. It lies to the west of Pindus. Dorus son of Hellen held it at first, and it used formerly to be called Doris after him; later it was renamed Histiaiotis.”

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Herodian 1.98

char LCS 230 (18.5%) · word LCS 44 (18.7%)

Stephanos

…ιώτιδος καλουμένης, ἀφικέσθαι εἰς Κρήτην μετὰ Δωριέων τε καὶ Ἀχαιῶν καὶ Πελασγῶν τῶν οὐκ ἀπαράντων εἰς Τυρρηνίαν. μέμνηται τῆς Δωρίδος τῆς Θετταλικῆς Χάραξ ἐν ζʹ τῇδε γράφων περὶ Θεσσαλοῦ τοῦ Αἰάτου, [τοῦ] νικήσαντος τοὺς ἐν Ἄρνῃ Βοιωτούς “ὁ δὲ Θεσσαλὸς οὐδὲ τὴν τετάρτην μοῖραν τῆς ἐπωνυμίας μετέβαλεν, ἀλλ´ Ἱστιαιῶτιν αὐτὴν ὡς πρὶν καλεῖσθαι εἴασε. κεῖται δὲ πρὸς δυσμῶν τῆς Πίνδου. Δῶρος δὲ αὐτὴν ὁ Ἕλληνος εἰλήχει τὰ πρῶτα καὶ Δωρὶς ἀπ´ ἐκείνου ἐκαλεῖτο πρότερον, ὕστερον δὲ Ἱστιαιῶτις μετωνομάσθη”.

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…ὰ εἰς 'ρις' δισύλλαβα ὑποκοριστικὰ ἢ πατρωνυμικῆς ἐννοίας ἐχόμενα ὀξύνεται, Τευκρίς ἡ Τροία, Δωρίς ἡ περὶ τὸν Παρνασσὸν καὶ ἡ ὕστερον Ἱστιαιῶτις, ἧς μέμνηται Χάραξ ἐν ζʹ τῇδε γράφων περὶ Θεσσαλοῦ τοῦ Αἰάτου τοῦ νικήσαντος ἐν Ἄρνῃ Βοιωτούς «ὁ δὲ Θεσσαλὸς οὐδὲ τὴν τετάρτην μοῖραν τῆς ἐπωνυμίας μετέβαλεν, ἀλλ´ Ἱστιαιῶτιν αὐτὴν ὡς πρὶν καλεῖσθαι εἴασε. κεῖται δὲ πρὸς δυσμῶν τῆς Πίνδου. Δῶρος δὲ αὐτὴν ὁ Ἕλληνος εἰλήχει τὰ πρῶτα καὶ Δωρὶς ἀπ´ ἐκείνου ἐκαλεῖτο πρότερον, ὕστερον δὲ Ἱστιαιῶτις μετωνομάσθη». Νευρίς χώρα Σαρματίας. πατρίς, χειρίς, καρίς παρὰ τὸ κάρη καὶ Καρίς ἀπὸ τῆς Καρός γενικῆς. Καρίς δὲ ἐλέγετο ἡ Κῶς, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Φρυγίας πόλις Καρίς καὶ Καρίδες. * Τὰ εἰς 'ρις' δισύλλαβα ἑνὶ φωνήεντι ἢ διφ…

Herodian 1.358

char LCS 56 (3.8%) · word LCS 12 (4.2%)

Stephanos

Δώριον, πόλις μία τῶν τριῶν ὧν Ὅμηρος μνημονεύει “καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλος καὶ Δώριον”. Δικαίαρχος δὲ τέτταρας ταύτας εἶναί φησι, καὶ Πτελέας, οὐ Πτελεόν τὴν μίαν καλεῖ, κατὰ τὸ πρῶτον τοῦ βίου τῆς Ἑλλάδος βιβλίον “τῶν δ´ ἐν τῇ Πελασγιώτιδι χώρᾳ Δωριέων κατοικούντων μέρος τι μετὰ τῶν ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις . .…

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…Δαυνίου τ´ ᾠκισμένην». Οἴνιον. Σέστιον πόλις ἐν μεσογείᾳ Οἰνωτρῶν. Αἴγιον πόλις Ἀχαΐας, ὡς Εὔδοξος ἐν ἕκτῃ. Σούνιον δῆμος Λεοντίδος φυλῆς. Ὅμηρος δὲ ἄκρον καλεῖ «ἀλλ´ ὅτε Σούνιον ἄκρον» (Od. γ 278). Δώριον πόλις Μεσσηνίας μία τῶν τριῶν, ὧν Ὅμηρος μνημονεύει «καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλος καὶ Δώριον» (Β 594). Πύθιον τὸ πάλαι μεσαίτατον τῆς ἐν Κρήτῃ Γόρτυνος. καὶ Μακεδονίας Πύθιον, ἐν ᾧ καὶ τὰ Πύθια ἐπιτελεῖται. ἔστι καὶ Πύθιον πλησίον τοῦ Ἀστακηνοῦ κόλπου. Ἄκτιον πόλις Ἀκαρνάνων πρώτη ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀμβρακικοῦ κόλπου ἀρξα…

Herodian 1.355

char LCS 56 (3.8%) · word LCS 12 (3.7%)

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Δώριον, πόλις μία τῶν τριῶν ὧν Ὅμηρος μνημονεύει “καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλος καὶ Δώριον”. Δικαίαρχος δὲ τέτταρας ταύτας εἶναί φησι, καὶ Πτελέας, οὐ Πτελεόν τὴν μίαν καλεῖ, κατὰ τὸ πρῶτον τοῦ βίου τῆς Ἑλλάδος βιβλίον “τῶν δ´ ἐν τῇ Πελασγιώτιδι χώρᾳ Δωριέων κατοικούντων μέρος τι μετὰ τῶν ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις . .…

Herodian

…βάλλον δ´ εἰν ἐλεοῖσιν«, στελεόν, ὃ καὶ στελειόν λέγεται ποιητικῶς, καὶ στελεός, κολεόν ἢ κουλεόν. Πτελεόν πόλις Ἰωνίας καὶ Τρῳάδος καὶ τῶν περὶ Θετταλίαν Ἀχαιῶν. καλεῖται δὲ ὅτι πολλὰς ἔχει πτελέας· ἔστι δὲ καὶ Μεσσηνίας, μία τῶν τριῶν, ὧν Ὅμηρος μνημονεύει »καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλος καὶ Δώριον« (Β 594). Δικαίαρχος δὲ τέτταρας ταύτας εἶναί φησι καὶ Πτελέας οὐ Πτελεόν κατὰ τὸ πρῶτον τοῦ βίου τῆς Ἑλλάδος βιβλίον. εἰ δὲ μὴ ἔχουσι τὸ 'λε', προπαροξύνονται, ὄστρεον, ὃ καὶ ὄστρειον λέγεται, ὄρνεον, δένδρεον, ὤεον, ὅ…

Herodian 1.393

char LCS 26 (1.7%) · word LCS 6 (1.8%)

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Δώριον, πόλις μία τῶν τριῶν ὧν Ὅμηρος μνημονεύει “καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλος καὶ Δώριον”. Δικαίαρχος δὲ τέτταρας ταύτας εἶναί φησι, καὶ Πτελέας, οὐ Πτελεόν τὴν μίαν καλεῖ, κατὰ τὸ πρῶτον τοῦ βίου τῆς Ἑλλάδος βιβλίον “τῶν δ´ ἐν τῇ Πελασγιώτιδι χώρᾳ Δωριέων κατοικούντων μέρος τι μετὰ τῶν ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις . .…

Herodian

…ὸ οὐδέτερον γένος. δῆλον οὖν ὡς τὸ κάλλος πεπλάνηται ἢ περὶ ποσότητα τοῦ 'λ' ἢ περὶ τὸ γένος. ὅσα γὰρ οὐδέτερά ἐστιν εἰς 'ος' λήγοντα, ταῦτα παραιτεῖται ἔχειν ἕτερον 'λ', ὡς τὸ ἕλος—ἔστι καὶ πόλις Λακωνικὴ καὶ Μεσσηνίς «καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλος καὶ Δώριον» (Β 594) παρὰ τὸ ἐν ἕλει εἶναι· ἔστι καὶ Ἕλος Αἰγύπτου. ἔστι δὲ καὶ τόπος μεταξὺ τοῦ Πειραιέως καὶ τοῦ τετρακώμου Ἡρακλείου, ἐν ᾧ τοὺς γυμνικοὺς ἀγῶνας ἐτίθεσαν τοῖς παναθηναίοις— θάλος «φίλου θάλος» (Χ 87). —σκέλος, βέ…