Ὑσία - Stephanos Ethnika

Ὑσία OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Ὑσία, πόλις Βοιωτίας, καὶ ἑνικῶς καὶ πληθυντικῶς, περὶ ἧς Θουκυδίδης τρίτῃ. ἄποικος Ὑριέων, κτίσμα Νυκτέως τοῦ Ἀντιόπης πατρός. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη, Παρθυαίων βασίλειον. Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐνάτῳ γεωγραφουμένων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὑσιεύς. ἔστι καὶ Ἀργείας κώμη Ὑσία, ὡς Θουκυδίδης. Χάραξ δ´ αὐτὴν πόλιν λέγει ἐν ἐνάτῳ Ἑλληνικῶν. οἱ ἐξ αὐτῆς Ὑσιᾶται λέγονται, καὶ θηλυκῶς Ὑσιᾶτις. ἔστι καὶ Ἀρκαδίας πόλις, ὡς Φερεκύδης πρώτῳ. ἔστι καὶ Ῥυσία πόλις Βοιωτίας.

Hysia: a city in Boiotia, named in both the singular and the plural; Thucydides discusses it in book 3. A colony of the Hyrieis, founded by Nykteus, the father of Antiope. There is also another Hysia, the capital of the Parthyaioi. Artemidoros, book 9 of his Geography. The ethnonym is 'Hysieus'. There is also a village called Hysia in Argeia, as per Thucydides. Charax, however, calls it a city in book 9 of his Hellenika. Those from it are called 'Hysiatai', and the feminine is 'Hysiatis'. There is also a city in Arkadia, as per Pherekydes, book 1. There is also a city called Rhysia in Boiotia.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#51
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 653.6
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-26
Word count	64
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Θουκυδίδης (Thucydides)	(3,24,2)
Ἀρτέμιδωρος (Artemidorus)	Γεωγραφούμενα · fr. 109a Stiehle
Χάραξ (Charax)	Ἑλληνικά · FGrHist 103 F 7 bis
Φερεκύδης (Pherecydes)	FGrHist 3 F 5 = fr. 5 Fowler

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ὑσία	Hysia · place
Βοιωτία	Boeotia · place
Ὑριεύς	Hyrians / the people of Hyria · people
Νυκτεύς	Nycteus · person
Ἀντιόπη	Antiope · person
Παρθυαῖοι	Parthyaeans · people
Ὑσιεύς	Hysian · people
Ἄργος	Argos · place
Ὑσιαῖται	Hysians · people
Ὑσιάτις	Hysian woman / female Hysian · people
Ἀρκαδία	Arcadia · place
Ῥυσία	Rysia · place
Βοιωτία	Boeotia · place
Hysia in Boiotia	place · city · Boiotia · explicit · unresolved
Hysia, capital of the Parthyaioi	place · capital city · Parthyaioi · implicit · unresolved
Hysia in Argeia	place · village · Argeia · explicit · unresolved
Hysia in Arkadia	place · city · Arkadia · implicit · unresolved
Rhysia in Boiotia	place · city · Boiotia · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	A colony of the Hyrians, founded by Nycteus, the father of Antiope.
Unclear Metalinguistic	There is also another [place], a royal seat of the Parthyaeans.
Unclear Metalinguistic	There is also a village of Argos called Hysia.
Unclear Metalinguistic	There is also a city of Arcadia [called Hysia].
Unclear Metalinguistic	There is also a Boeotian city called Rysia.

Links

Place links	Hysiae \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol4_412.jpg
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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 · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
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 · 4 occurrences
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) + 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 PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 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 · 5 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 · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἄποικος ὁ gloss:f19d7fe719703a7b	settlement Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	κτίσμα τό gloss:fb49af0b4b56155e	foundation Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	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.