Ἀγάμμεια

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Ἀγάμμεια, ἄκρα καὶ λιμὴν περὶ τὴν Τροίαν, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος ἐν δευτέρῳ. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄγαμον τὴν Ἡσιόνην ὑπ´ αὐτοῦ παραδοθῆναι τῷ κήτει. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Ἀγάμμη, ὡς πρέσβεια πρέσβη καὶ τὸ βασίλεια κατὰ συναλοιφὴν βασίλη· οὕτως Ἀγάμμεια Ἀγάμμη. δύναται δὲ καὶ τὸ Ἀγάμμεια ἐκ τοῦ Ἀγάμμη, ὡς τὸ Πηνελόπεια ἐκ τοῦ Πηνελόπη. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀγαμμεύς, ὡς τῆς Μαντινείας Μαντινεύς. λέγεται καὶ Μαντίνη κατὰ συναλοιφὴν παρ´ Ἑκαταίῳ. καὶ Ἀγαμμείτης, ὡς Ζελείτης. εἴρηται γὰρ ἡ Ζέλεια καὶ Ζέλη. ὥστε εἶναι τοῦ Ἀγάμμεια τὸ Ἀγαμμειάτης, ὡς τὸ Ζελειάτης.

Agammeia: a promontory and harbour in the region of Troy, as per Hellanikos, book 2. It was named after Hesione’s being handed over unmarried by him to the sea-monster. It is also called 'Agamme', just as 'presbeia' becomes 'presbe' and 'basileia', by synaloepha, becomes 'basile'; so too 'Agammeia' becomes 'Agamme'. Alternatively, 'Agammeia' may be from 'Agamme', just as 'Penelopeia' is from 'Penelope'. The ethnonym is 'Agammeus', just as 'Mantineus' is from the name Mantineia. Mantineia is also called 'Mantine' by synaloepha in Hekataios. There is also 'Agammeites', as in 'Zeleites', for Zeleia is also called 'Zele'. Thus the ethnonym of Agammeia may be 'Agammeiates', as in 'Zeleiates'.

Text Details

Entry#26
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 13.1
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-27
Word count86
AI translationgpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἑλλάνικος (Hellanicus)FGrHist 4 F 108 = fr. 108 Fowler
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)FGrHist 1 F 123
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ἈγάμμειαAgammeia · place
ΤροίαTroy · place
ἩσιόνηHesione · person
ἈγάμμηAgamme · place
ΠηνελόπειαPenelopeia · other
ΠηνελόπηPenelope · person
ἈγαμμεύςAgammeian (ethnic name) · people
ΜαντίνειαMantinea · place
ΜαντινεύςMantinean · people
ΜαντίνηMantine · place
ἈγαμμείτηςAgammeian (ethnic name) · people
ΖελείτηςZeleian · people
ΖέλειαZeleia · place
ΖέληZele · place
ἈγαμμειάτηςAgammeian (ethnic name) · people
ΖελειάτηςZeleian (ethnic name) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Folk Etymology NarrativeIt was named from the fact that he gave Hesione, who was unmarried, over to the sea-monster.
Morphological CompositionIt is also called Agamme, just as presbeia becomes presbē and basileia, by synaloepha, becomes basile; thus Agammeia becomes Agamme.
Morphological CompositionAgammeia may also be derived from Agamme, just as Penelopeia is derived from Penelope.
Morphological CompositionThe ethnic name is Agammeus, like Mantineus from Mantinea.
Unclear MetalinguisticHecataeus also gives the form Mantine, produced by synaloepha.
Morphological CompositionThere is also the ethnic form Agammeites, like Zeleites; for Zeleia is also called Zele. Thus the ethnic form of Agammeia is Agammeiates, like Zeleiates.

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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 · 1 occurrence
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 (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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON)
formula:4e7b910409d678a8
Translate as "'X' is from Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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 · 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 · 3 occurrences
Formulaτὸ 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
FormulaΧ (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
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
Formulaὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:bcd70ae781e7b205
Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formulaὡς + 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 · 8 occurrences
Glossἄκρα ἡ
gloss:4b3718d8a0a50cbb
promontory
Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossκαλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...)
gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed
is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο)
Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossλιμή ὁ
gloss:6f81c31b2d09b3f3
lake, harbor
Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS
Rule status: In progress		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 1.275
char LCS 85 (19.8%) · word LCS 16 (18.6%)
Stephanos
Ἀγάμμεια, ἄκρα καὶ λιμὴν περὶ τὴν Τροίαν, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος ἐν δευτέρῳ. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄγαμον τὴν Ἡσιόνην ὑπ´ αὐτοῦ παραδοθῆναι τῷ κήτει. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Ἀγάμμη, ὡς πρέσβεια πρέσβη καὶ τὸ βασίλεια κατὰ συναλοιφὴν βασίλη· οὕτως Ἀγάμμεια Ἀγάμμη. δύναται δὲ καὶ τὸ Ἀγάμμεια ἐκ τοῦ Ἀγάμμη, ὡς τὸ Πηνελόπεια ἐκ τοῦ Πηνελόπη. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀγαμμεύς, ὡς τῆς Μαντινείας Μαντινεύς. λέγεται καὶ Μαντίνη κατὰ συναλοιφὴν παρ´ Ἑκαταίῳ. καὶ Ἀγαμμείτης, ὡς …
Herodian
ἐν δευτέρῳ. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄγαμον τὴν Ἡσιόνην ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς παραδοθῆναι τῷ κήτει. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Ἀγάμμη ὡς πρέσβεια πρέσβη καὶ τὸ βασίλεια κατὰ συναλοιφὴν βασίλη. δύναται δὲ καὶ τὸ Ἀγάμμεια ἐκ τοῦ Ἀγάμμη ὡς τὸ Πηνελόπεια ἐκ τοῦ Πηνελόπη. Ἐρύθεια νῆσος Γηρυόνου ἐν τῷ ὠκεανῷ ἀπὸ Ἐρυθείας τῆς Γηρυόνου. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Ἐρύθη κατὰ συναλοιφήν. ὡσαύτως καὶ Ζέλεια πόλις Τρωάδος Ζέλη λέγε…
Herodian 1.274
char LCS 44 (10.3%) · word LCS 9 (10.5%)
Stephanos
Ἀγάμμεια, ἄκρα καὶ λιμὴν περὶ τὴν Τροίαν, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος ἐν δευτέρῳ. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄγαμον τὴν Ἡσιόνην ὑπ´ αὐτοῦ παραδοθῆναι τῷ κήτει. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Ἀγάμμη, ὡς πρέσβεια πρέσβη καὶ τὸ βασίλεια κατὰ συναλοιφὴν βασίλη· οὕτως Ἀγάμμεια Ἀγάμμη. δύναται δὲ καὶ τὸ Ἀγάμμεια ἐκ τοῦ…
Herodian
…ν παρεγένετο καὶ ἔκτισε πόλιν Αἰνειάδας, ὅπου τὸν πατέρα ἔθαψε». Αἰνία δὲ διὰ τοῦ 'ι' πόλις Περραιβῶν. Αἴπεια πόλις Λακωνικῆς «καλήν τ´ Αἴπειαν καὶ Πήδασον» (Il. Ι 152). ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα Κύπρου. τρίτη Κρήτης ὡς Ἑλλάνικος. Ἀγάμμεια ἄκρα καὶ λιμὴν περὶ τὴν Τροίαν, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος

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