Ὑρκανία - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ὑρκανία, πόλις Θρᾴκης. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὑρκάνιος, ὡς Παρράσιος Ἀλβάνιος. καὶ Ὑρκανιάτης ὡς Κυδωνιάτης. ἔστι καὶ Ὑρκανία κώμη τῆς Παλαιστίνης πλησίον τῆς Ἰουδαίας, ἀπὸ Ὑρκανοῦ τοῦ ἐξάρχου τῶν Ἰουδαίων. ἔστι καὶ Ὑρκάνιον πεδίον τῆς Λυδίας, ὡς Ἐρατοσθένης ἐν πέμπτῳ Γαλατικῶν.

Hyrkania: a city in Thrake. The ethnonym is 'Hyrkanios', as in 'Parrasios' and 'Albanios'; also 'Hyrkaniates', as in 'Kydoniates'. There is also a village called Hyrkania in Palaistine, near Ioudaia, named after Hyrkanos, the leader of the Jews. There is also a Hyrkanion plain in Lydia, as per Eratosthenes, in book 5 of his Galatika.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#44
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 652.4
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-26
Word count	39
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἐρατοσθένης (Eratosthenes)	Γαλατικά · FGrHist 745 F 4

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ὑρκανία	Hyrcania · place
Θρᾴκη	Thrace · place
Ὑρκάνιος	Hyrcanian · people
Παρράσιος	Parrhasian · people
Ἀλβάνιος	Albanian · people
Ὑρκανιάτης	Hyrcanian · people
Κυδωνιάτης	Cydonian · people
Ὑρκανία	Hyrcania · place
Παλαιστίνη	Palestine · place
Ἰουδαία	Judaea · place
Ὑρκανός	Hyrcanus · person
Ἰουδαῖοι	Jews · people
Ὑρκάνιον	Hyrcanian Plain · place
Λυδία	Lydia · place
Hyrkania in Thrake	place · city · Thrake (Thrace) · explicit · unresolved
Hyrkania village in Palaistine near Ioudaia	place · village · Palaistine, near Ioudaia (Palestine, near Judaea) · explicit · unresolved
Hyrkanion plain in Lydia	place · plain · Lydia · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	There is also Hyrcania, a village of Palestine near Judaea, named after Hyrcanus, the leader of the Jews.

Links

Place links	Hyrcania \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol4_408.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 (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium 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 (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (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 · 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 · 4 occurrences
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 3 occurrences
Formula	X... πλησίον + Y. (genitive) formula:3d243d130e764a8b	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	Χ (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 · 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 · 3 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	κώμη ἡ gloss:e14972622087326b	village Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES Rule status: In progress	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.