Ὑδρέα - Stephanos Ethnika

Ὑδρέα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

island

Ὑδρέα, νῆσος πρὸς τῇ Τροιζῆνι. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὑδρεάτης· οὕτω γὰρ ἐχρημάτιζεν Εὐάγης Ὑδρεάτης κωμῳδίας ποιητής, ὡς Διονύσιος εἰκοστῷ τρίτῳ τῆς μουσικῆς ἱστορίας “ἦν δ´ ὁ Εὐάγης ποιμήν τις ἀγράμματος δηλαδὴ καὶ τῆς ἄλλης παιδείας ἄπειρος, ποιητὴς δ´ ἀγαθὸς κωμῳδιῶν”.

Hydrea: an island near Troizen. Hekataios in his Europe. The ethnonym is 'Hydreates'; for thus Euages 'Hydreates', a poet of comedy, was styled, as per Dionysios, in book 23 of his Musical History: 'Euages was a shepherd, illiterate, clearly, and without experience of the rest of education, but a good poet of comedies.'

AI translation — gpt-5.5; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#17
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 646.3
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-26
Word count	40
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	Εὐρώπη (Europe) · FGrHist 1 F 124
Διονύσιος (Dionysius)	Μουσικὴ ἱστορία (History of Music) · κγ τῆς Μουσικῆς ἱστορίας

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ὑδρέα	Hydrea · place
Τροιζήν	Troezen · place
Εὐρώπη	Europe · place
Ὑδρεάτης	Hydreate (inhabitant of Hydrea) · people
Εὐάγης	Euages · person
Μουσικὴ ἱστορία	History of Music · other
Ὑδρέα	place · explicit · wikidata: Q208319 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Hydrea: an island near Troezen. This is a geographical identification, not an explanation of the name’s origin.
Unclear Metalinguistic	The ethnic name is Hydreates; for Evages, a writer of comedies, used this name (i.e. was styled ‘Hydreates’).
Unclear Metalinguistic	‘Evages was a certain shepherd, uneducated—that is, inexperienced in other learning—but a good writer of comedies.’ This describes the person associated with the ethnic designation, but does not say that the place-name was derived from him.

Links

Place links	Hydra \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol4_394.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:f22af8012162d222	*Translate as 'as per X, in book Y of his Z'* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym 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.

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.