Ἄβυλλοι

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Ἄβυλλοι, ἔθνος πρὸς τῇ Τρωγλοδυτικῇ, ἔγγιστα τῷ Νείλῳ, ὡς Ἀπολλόδωρος δευτέρῳ περὶ γῆς.

Abylloi: a people near the Troglodytic region, very close to the Nile, as per Apollodoros, in book 2 of his On the Earth.

Text Details

Entry#18
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 10.14
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-27
Word count13
AI translationgpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἀπολλόδωρος (Apollodorus)Περὶ γῆς (On Geography) · FGrHist 244 F 325 = fr. 20 Marcotte
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ἌβυλλοιAbylloi · people
ΤρωγλοδυτικήTroglodytica · place
ΝεῖλοςNile · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear MetalinguisticThe Abylloi: a people near the Troglodytic region, very close to the Nile, as Apollodorus states in Book 2 of On the Earth. The passage gives a geographical identification but does not explain the origin or formation of the place-name.

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (nominative AUTHOR NAME)... + ὡς αὐτός
formula:4caae33810f40dfa
Translate as "X... as per X."
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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
FormulaX... + 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
Formulaὡς + 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
Formulaὡς + 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
Glossγῆ ἡ
gloss:728db30aa96e9869
land, dirt, Earth
Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossἔθνος τό
gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8
people
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.159
char LCS 64 (90.1%) · word LCS 12 (92.3%)
Stephanos
Ἄβυλλοι, ἔθνος πρὸς τῇ Τρωγλοδυτικῇ, ἔγγιστα τῷ Νείλῳ, ὡς Ἀπολλόδωρος δευτέρῳ περὶ γῆς.
Herodian
κατὰ τὴν πρώτην συλλαβὴν Πράστιλλος ὡς Εὔπολις. Ῥήγιλλος Σαβίνων πόλις. Ἀρίστυλλος, Ἥρυλλος, Θράσυλλος, Βάθυλλος ὑποκοριστικά, Μελάμφυλλος οὕτως ἐκλήθη πρότερον ἡ Σάμος. Ἄβυλλος ἔθνος πρὸς τῇ Τρωγλοδυτικῇ ἔγγιστα τῷ Νείλῳ, ὡς Ἀπολλόδωρος δευτέρῳ περὶ γῆς. τὸ δὲ ὀπτίλλος παροξύνεται. καὶ τὸ νεογιλλός ἔχει θηλυκόν. Τὰ εἰς 'αλος', εἰ ἔχει τὴν τρίτην ἀπὸ τέλους μακράν, προπαροξύνεται, Κώδαλος, Τάνταλος, ἀφ´ οὗ καὶ Τάνταλος ὄρος Λέσβου, Ἅρπαλος, ἴξαλος, δαίδαλος καὶ Δαίδαλος…

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